James Balog makes his way to the convocation stage to receive an honorary doctor of science degree from UAlberta June 12. (Photo: John Ulan)
Receiving honorary degree, acclaimed photographer James Balog calls on grads to take action on climate change. James Balog , the internationally acclaimed photographer whose images of retreating glaciers have helped document the effects of climate change, received an honorary degree today from the University of Alberta. Balog and the U of A's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences have worked closely on groundbreaking glacier and ice-sheet research. Balog's time-lapse photography techniques show the stark, irrefutable evidence that the ice landscapes in Canada's northern mountains and Arctic are changing. Speaking to graduands from the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, Balog confessed he wasn't always convinced by the arguments of climate researchers. "A long time ago, I was skeptical about climate change for a variety of reasons," said Balog. "And guess what? When you sift through the evidence rationally, without doctrine and dogma getting in the way of clear thought, you discover that essentially all the evidence shows climate change is happening." Balog said his goal is to shift human perception of our natural environment.
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