Gene Likens Ph.D.

National Medal of Science - Biological Sciences 2001

Zoologist. Ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, acid rain, human impacts on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Linked fossil fuel combustion to acid rain. Founder, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

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Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.

Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study

Hubbard Book Experimental Forest. Celebrating 50 years as a Forest Service National Scientific Treasure. Forest Science Review.

'Rivers On Rolaids': How Acid Rain Is Changing Waterways. National Public Radio, September 13, 2013 3:06 AM ET

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Doctor of Science degree, 1985.

Dr. Gene E. Likens. Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies [The science behind environmental solutions].

Photo: Courtesy Gene Elden Likens

Name: Gene Elden Likens
Birth: 6 January 1935 Pierceton, Indiana USA
Title: Director and President and G. Evelyn Hutchinson Chair in Ecology
Affiliation: Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Citation: "For his discovery of acid rain in North America and his sustained leadership in developing the fields of ecology and ecosystem science." Presented by President George W. Bush in a White House East Room ceremony on June 12, 2002."
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