Gene Likens

Gene Likens
Gene Likens, 2015
Born
Gene Elden Likens

(1935-01-06) January 6, 1935 (age 89)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materManchester University
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Known forHubbard Brook Experimental Forest
Institute of Ecosystem Studies
SpousePhyllis Irene Craig Likens (1983–2014)
AwardsRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Austrian Academy of Sciences, National Medal of Science, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Scientific career
FieldsEcology
InstitutionsDartmouth College, Cornell University, University of Connecticut, University of Uppsala

Gene Elden Likens (born January 6, 1935) is an American limnologist and ecologist. He co-founded the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in 1963, and founded the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York in 1983.[1]

A leading pioneer in long-term multidisciplinary ecological studies, Likens examines energy flow and biogeochemical flux models in the ecosystems of forests, streams and lakes. Likens is best known for leading the team of scientists that discovered acid rain in North America, and connected fossil fuels with increasing acidity of precipitation.[1][2] In addition to its scientific impact, this work has influenced public debate and governmental policy, particularly the United States Congress's Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.[3]

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  2. ^ "Unit 8: Gene E. Likens". Pearson Education. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
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