Diana Liverman
Diana Margaret Liverman (born May 15, 1954 in Accra , Ghana ) is a British - American ecologist and Earth system scientist . She made a significant contribution to the exploration of the Earth system in the age of the Anthropocene , particularly the Planetary Boundaries , and focuses on the human dimension of climate change . She is a professor at the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona .
Life
Liverman was born in Ghana, where her British parents were staying at the time of her birth due to her father's work. Liverman now lives in Tucson , Arizona . She received the Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 2010 , a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2014 and the Alexander and Ilse Melamid Medal of the American Geographical Society in 2017 . In 2020 Liverman was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences .
Act
Liverman's work deals with the human dimension of global environmental change, in particular the social causes and consequences of climate change . Most recently she dealt with the danger of a greenhouse on earth .
Publications (selection)
- F. Biermann et al .: Navigating the Anthropocene: improving earth system governance. In: Science . Volume 335, No. 6074, 2012, pp. 1306-1307, doi: 10.1126 / science.1217255
- Johan Rockström et al: A safe operating space for humanity. In: Nature . Volume 461, No. 7263, 2009, doi: 10.1038 / 461472a
- Johan Rockström et al .: Planetary boundaries: exploring the safe operating space for humanity. In: Ecology and Society . Volume 14, No. 2, 2009, https://www.jstor.org/stable/26268316
- Will Steffen et al .: Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . Volume 115, No. 33, 2018, pp. 8252-8259, doi: 10.1073 / pnas.1810141115
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b https://dianaliverman.wordpress.com/about/biography-and-cv/
- ↑ https://liverman.faculty.arizona.edu/sites/liverman.faculty.arizona.edu/files/2018-06/Liverman%20Selected%20CV%20May%202018.pdf
- ↑ a b c https://dianaliverman.wordpress.com/
- ↑ https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/diana-liverman/
- ↑ https://americangeo.org/honors/medals-and-awards/alexander-and-ilse-melamid-medal/
- ^ Will Steffen et al .: Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . Volume 115, No. 33, 2018, pp. 8252-8259, doi: 10.1073 / pnas.1810141115
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Liverman, Diana |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Liverman, Diana Margaret (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-American ecologist and earth system scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Accra , Ghana |