Terry Hughes (biologist)
Terence P. Hughes (born 1956, in
Dublin, Ireland) is a professor of
marine biology at
James Cook University in
Queensland, Australia. He is known for research on the global
coral bleaching event caused by
climate change. ''
Nature'' dubbed him "Reef sentinel" in 2016 for the global role he plays in applying multi-disciplinary science to securing reef sustainability. He is an
Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and Director of the
Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. His research interests encompass
coral reef ecology,
macroecology and
evolution, as well as social-ecological interactions. His recent work has focused on
marine ecology,
macroecology, climate change, identifying safe
planetary boundaries for
human development, and on transformative governance of the sea in
Australia,
Chile,
China, the
Galapagos Islands,
Gulf of Maine and the
Coral Triangle. His career citations in Google Scholar exceed 88,000.
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