David Walton (ecologist) explained

David Walton
Death Date:	12 February 2019
Nationality:	British
Fields:	Terrestrial Biology
Workplaces:	British Antarctic Survey
Alma Mater:	BSc Edinburgh PhD University of Birmingham
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David W. H. Walton (^[1] – ^[2]) was a British emeritus professor with the British Antarctic Survey. Walton trained as an ecologist and was a specialist in the Antarctic. He was the first chair of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Standing Committee on the Antarctic Treaty System and held this position from 2002 to 2006. He was the Chief Scientist on the Antarctic Circumpolar Expedition (ACE)^[3] which took place from December 2016 to March 2017 aboard the Russian research vessel Akademik Treshnikov.^[4]

Awards and honours

2006 SCAR Medal for International Scientific Coordination.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Selected publications

• Antarctic Science. (founding and Chief editor, 1987–2019).
• Politics in a Cold Climate: Antarctic Science and Governance. Cambridge University Press. (With John Dudeney)
• Antarctica: Global Science from a Frozen Continent. Cambridge University Press, 2013. (Editor)

External links

• Web site: How is climate change affecting Polar Regions? Part 1 – Professor David Walton | FifteenEightyFour | Cambridge University Press . Cambridgeblog.org . 4 July 2016. 2017-05-02.

Notes and References

1. Web site: IPNI Author Details. www.ipni.org. 2019-02-13.
2. Web site: Antarctica loses one of its greatest champions. Nash. Rosemary. SCAR. en-GB. 2019-02-13.
3. Web site: Professor David Walton - News - British Antarctic Survey. en-GB. 2019-02-18.
4. Web site: ACE Expedition – A better understanding of Antarctica. spi-ace-expedition.ch. 2019-02-18.
5. Web site: Professor David Walton | Alumni. Alumni.cam.ac.uk. 2017-05-02.
6. Web site: David Walton, Author at British Antarctic Survey. 2021-08-27. British Antarctic Survey. en-GB.
7. Web site: David Walton - SCAR Antarctic Humanities & Social Sciences EGSCAR Antarctic Humanities & Social Sciences EG. Antarctica-hasseg.com. 2017-05-02.
8. Web site: Main title. Atsummit50.org. 2017-05-02.