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AUTHOR_ID
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2012eo010009
Subject(s) - prime minister , political science , work (physics) , management , vice president , engineering , library science , oceanography , law , geology , mechanical engineering , politics , computer science , economics
Several AGU members were among the winners of the New Zealand Prime Minister's Science Prizes, announced on 16 December. The top award, which is called the Prime Minister's Science Prize and includes $500,000, is being given to a team of scientists with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and with the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, led by Philip Boyd , director of the NIWA Center for Chemical and Physical Oceanography. Members of the team include Russell Frew , professor in the University of Otago chemistry department, and Keith Hunter , the university's pro‐vice‐chancellor of sciences. The scientists have carried out some of the largest experiments ever undertaken to better understand the role the ocean plays in influencing climate. “The work has positioned New Zealand as a leader in [the] debate about whether manipulating the oceans to remove carbon dioxide emission from the air could mitigate or solve global warming,” according to a press release.