Ian Stirling (biologist)
Ian Grote Stirling | |
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| Born | September 26, 1941 Nkana, Zambia |
| Died | May 14, 2024 (aged 82) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Polar bears |
| Spouse | Stella |
| Children | 3 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Population ecology of the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bernard Stonehouse |
| Other academic advisors | James F. Bendell |
| Notes | |
See obituary in The Vancouver Sun | |
Ian Grote Stirling OC FRSC (September 26, 1941 – May 14, 2024) was a research scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada and an adjunct professor in the University of Alberta Department of Biological Sciences. His research has focused mostly on Arctic and Antarctic zoology and ecology, and he was one of the world's top authorities on polar bears.
Stirling authored five non-technical books and more than 250 articles published in peer-reviewed science journals. Over the course of his career, and well into his retirement from Environment Canada in 2007, when he became a scientist emeritus, he wrote and spoke extensively about the danger posed to polar bears by global warming.