Dr. Terry Root & Dr. Stuart L. Pimm discuss recent research showing human beings are responsible for high extinction rates of species across the globe, and explain how we can prevent a sixth major extinction event Story Transcript ANTON WORONCZUK, TRNN PRODUCER: Welcome to The Real News Network. Iām Anton Woronczuk in Baltimore. According to […]
Stuart Pimm
Dr. Stuart L. Pimm is President of SavingSpecies and is the Doris Duke Professor of Conservation Ecology at Duke University. He is recognized as one of the world's leading experts on extinction and how we can conserve and protect endangered species and their habitats. Dr. Pimm received his Ph.D. from New Mexico State University in 1974. He is the author of many scientific papers about the loss of species and how to prevent extinctions. His books include The Balance of Nature? and, in 2001, the acclaimed The World According to Pimm: a Scientist Audits the Earth. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the recipient of the 2006 Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences (The Netherlands), and the winner of the Tyler Environmental Prize in 2010.