Fall 2008 - Paul Ehrlich The Dominant Animal and the Fate of Biodiversity September 24th, 2008
Full audio: runs 57:02, introductory remarks by Kai Chan. Click play to listen or download the MP3 file.
As human population reaches unprecedented levels, we lose unknown
numbers of populations and species every year. Join us to hear
Paul Ehrlich speak about the evolutionary and cultural forces that made
us the planet’s dominant animal. Learn how those forces influence the way we
shape our world, and how the choices we make in the next decades will impact
the planet our children inherit.
Dr. Paul R. Ehrlich is Bing Professor of Population Studies and
Professor of Biological Sciences at Stanford University. An expert in
the fields of evolution, ecology, taxonomy, and population biology,
Ehrlich has conducted fieldwork from the Arctic and the Antarctic to the
tropics, and from high mountains to the ocean floor. Professor Ehrlich
has written more than 800 scientific papers and popular articles as well
as many books, including The Population Bomb. He is a Fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a recipient of a MacArthur
Fellowship, the Volvo Environmental Prize for Environmental Sciences,
and the Blue Planet Prize, and was awarded the first AAAS/Scientific
American Prize for Science in the Service of Humanity.
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