| 词条 | Ruth DeFries |
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| name = Ruth DeFries | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = 1957 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = Environmental geography | workplaces = Columbia University; University of Maryland, College Park | patrons = | alma_mater = Washington University; Johns Hopkins University | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = MacArthur Fellowship | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = | partner = | children = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}Ruth DeFries (born 1957) is an environmental geographer who specializes in the use of remote sensing to study Earth's habitability under the influence of human activities, such as deforestation,[1][2][3] that influence regulating biophysical and biogeochemical processes.[4] She was one of 24 recipients of the 2007 MacArthur Fellowship,[5][6] and was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2006.[7] LifeDeFries received her Ph.D. in 1980 from the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins University and her B.A. in Earth Science in 1976 from Washington University. In April 2016, Columbia University named her a University Professor, its highest academic rank. She had previously been the Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development in Columbia's Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology. Before moving to Columbia in 2008, she was a professor at the University of Maryland, College Park with joint appointments in the Department of Geography and the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center.[4] An Ecomodernist ManifestoIn April 2015, DeFries joined with a group of scholars in issuing An Ecomodernist Manifesto.[8][9] The other authors were: John Asafu-Adjaye, Linus Blomqvist, Stewart Brand, Barry Brook, Erle Ellis, Christopher Foreman, David Keith, Martin Lewis, Mark Lynas, Ted Nordhaus, Roger A. Pielke, Jr., Rachel Pritzker, Joyashree Roy, Mark Sagoff, Michael Shellenberger, Robert Stone, and Peter Teague[10] Also see Sustainable development WorksBooks
Scientific PapersDeFries is the author or co-author of over 100 scientific papers on such topics as: Impacts of Tropical Fires on Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Land Use, Nutrition, and Food Security; Land Use and Conservation in the Tropics; Climate and Tropical Agriculture; Processes of Tropical Deforestation and Degradation; Methods for Remote Sensing of Land Cover; and Reviews and Conceptual Papers.[12] Awards
References1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-7451676_ITM|title=Maryland-Led Research Revises Estimates of Tropical Deforestation.|date=2002-10-14|publisher=Ascribe Higher Education News Service|accessdate=2008-09-16}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/06/010605072649.htm|title=An Improved Method For Monitoring National And Global Deforestation|date=2001-06-05|publisher=ScienceDaily|accessdate=2008-09-16}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/09/060920092900.htm|title=Growth In Amazon Cropland May Impact Climate And Deforestation Patterns|date=2006-09-22|publisher=ScienceDaily|accessdate=2008-09-16}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.earth.columbia.edu/ac/bios/defries.html|title=Ruth DeFries biography|publisher=The Earth Institute, Columbia University|accessdate=2008-09-16}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.2913825/apps/nl/content2.asp?content_id={FACCE0E3-8520-4752-9B5D-0F05779C3340}¬oc=1|title=MacArthur Fellows 2007|publisher=The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation|accessdate=2008-09-16}} 6. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-32968352_ITM|title='Genius' rewarded: Hopkins physician, UM geographer are among 24 awarded $500,000 MacArthur grants for research.|date=2007-09-25|publisher=Baltimore Sun|accessdate=2008-09-16 | first1=Frank D. | last1=Roylance | first2=Chris | last2=Emery}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/scitech/release.cfm?ArticleID=1277|title=A Conversation with UM's Ruth DeFries, Newly Elected to the National Academy of Sciences|publisher=University of Maryland|accessdate=2008-09-16}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=An Ecomodernist Manifesto|url=http://www.ecomodernism.org/manifesto/|website=ecomodernism.org|accessdate=April 17, 2015|quote=A good Anthropocene demands that humans use their growing social, economic, and technological powers to make life better for people, stabilize the climate, and protect the natural world.}} 9. ^{{cite news|author1=Eduardo Porter|title=A Call to Look Past Sustainable Development|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/15/business/an-environmentalist-call-to-look-past-sustainable-development.html|accessdate=April 17, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=April 14, 2015|quote=On Tuesday, a group of scholars involved in the environmental debate, including Professor Roy and Professor Brook, Ruth DeFries of Columbia University, and Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus of the Breakthrough Institute in Oakland, Calif., issued what they are calling the "Eco-modernist Manifesto."}} 10. ^{{cite web|title=Authors An Ecomodernist Manifesto|url=http://www.ecomodernism.org/authors/|website=ecomodernism.org|accessdate=April 17, 2015|quote=As scholars, scientists, campaigners, and citizens, we write with the conviction that knowledge and technology, applied with wisdom, might allow for a good, or even great, Anthropocene.}} 11. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.ruthdefries.com/book/big-ratchet/|title=The Big Ratchet|last=DeFries|first=Ruth|date=|website=Ruth DeFries|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 12. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.ruthdefries.e3b.columbia.edu/publications/|title=Publications|last=DeFries|first=Ruth|date=|website=Columbia University|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 13. ^{{cite news|title=Ruth DeFries Announced as 2015 Paradigm Award Winner|url=http://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/dialogue/paradigm-award-winners/ruth-defries-announced-as-2015-paradigm-award-winner|accessdate=August 14, 2015|publisher=The Breakthrough Institute}} http://www.ruthdefries.e3b.columbia.edu/ External links
12 : American geographers|MacArthur Fellows|Johns Hopkins University alumni|University of Maryland, College Park faculty|University of Maryland College of Behavioral and Social Sciences people|Columbia University faculty|1957 births|Living people|Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences|American women academics|Women geographers|Fellows of the Ecological Society of America |
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