Grammar Woman: Q&A Emeritus Professor Helene Marsh (Gould, 1962) ao
A renowned environmental scientist, with a particular passion for conservation and studying dugong population ecology, Helene is a Professorial Fellow at James Cook University, a Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society, a Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Science, and a Fellow of both the Australian Academies of Science and Technological Sciences and Engineering. As part of her important work for environmental conservation, Helene has received international and national awards for her research, and is the Chair for the Threatened and Migratory Species, and Threatened Ecological Communities Mission for the National Environmental Science Program. She currently also Chairs the National Threatened Species Scientific Committee, and is a Vice-President and Secretary of Biological Sciences at the Australian Academy of Science. ▶
In this photo taken in 1984 Professor Marsh (left) is preparing to rescue one of the dugongs stranded by a storm surge associated with Cyclone Kathy in the Gulf of Carpentaria. The animals were stranded up to nine kilometres from the coast and behind stands of mangroves up to three metres high. Tropical cyclones are predicted to become less frequent but more intense as climate change progresses, increasing the likelihood of such stranding events. Image credit: Colin Limpus.
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Issue 1, 2022
