Palaeolimnology and Lake Acidification

by Richard W. Battarbee (Editor), John Mason (Editor)

This volume comprises a collection of papers based on contributions given at a recent Royal Society meeting on the subject of palaeolimnology and lake acidification. This is a subject which is now receiving considerable attention, particularly because of the widespread concern about acid rain. The papers concentrate on research in Northern Europe and North America, and discuss results of recent projects such as the Surface Water Acidification Project (SWAP). This book will be of interest to environmental scientists, biologists, geologists and all those concerned with the causes and effects of lake acidification.

229 pages, Hardcover

First published October 26, 1990

About the author

AKA: Rick Battarbee.

Richard William Battarbee FRS is a British palaeoecologist, and director of the Director of Environmental Change Research Centre, University College London.

Professor Rick Battarbee - emeritus professor.

Education:
BA (Hons): University College London, 1965-1968
D. Phil: The New University of Ulster, 1968-1971
D.Sc: The University of London, 1997
Employment:
Royal Society European Research Fellow Institute of Quaternary Geology Uppsala University, Sweden, 1971-1973
Research Fellow in Environmental Science School of Biol. and Environ. Studies The New University of Ulster, 1973-1976
Lecturer in Geography, UCL, 1976-1986
Reader in Geography, UCL, 1986-1991
Professor of Environmental Change and Director of the Environmental Change Research Centre, UCL, 1991 – 2007
Emeritus Professor of Environmental Change and Principal Research Associate, UCL, 2007-
Visiting Research Appointments:
Visiting Docent, Karelian Research Institute, Joensuu, Finland, 1978
Visiting Research Associate, Limnological Research Center, University of Minnesota, USA, 1981-1982
Awards and Medals:
Royal Geographical Society Back Award for acid rain research, 1989
Elected Foreign Member, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, 1991
Rector's Guest and Research Medal of the University of Helsinki, 1994
Medal of Moscow State University, 1995
Honorary Professor, Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 2002
Recognised as a “Pioneer of the Nation” by Queen Elizabeth II, 2003
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society, 2006
Honorary DSc, University of Ulster, 2007
Ruth Patrick Award, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 2009
Victoria Medal of the Royal Geographical Society, 2010
Honorary Fellow, University College London, 2011
Einstein Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2012