Aida Fernández Ríos

Dr.
Aida Fernández Ríos
Born4 March 1947
Died22 December 2015(2015-12-22) (aged 68)
Moaña, Spain
EducationPh.D in Biology, University of Santiago (1992)
Scientific career
Fields
  • Climate science
  • Marine biology
Institutions
  • Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM)
  • Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
  • Royal Galician Academy of Sciences (RAGC)

Aida Fernández Ríos (4 March 1947 – 22 December 2015)[1][2] was a climate scientist, marine biologist, and a professor at the Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM) in Spain, specializing in the study of the Atlantic Ocean. She was the director of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and also a member of the Royal Galician Academy of Sciences (RAGC).

Biography

Fernández's research work in marine biology began in 1972 when she began working with the Instituto de Investigaciones Pesqueras (IIP) in Uruguay.[3] She received her doctoral degree in biology in 1992 from the University of Santiago.[3] From 2006 to 2011, Ríos was the director of the Spanish National Research Council,[4] and she also led an International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme committee focused on studying climate change from 2005 to 2011.[5] She was initiated into the Royal Galician Academy of Sciences on 6 June 2015, where she gave an inaugural speech on the increasing acidity of the Atlantic Ocean due to carbon dioxide titled, "Acidificación do Mar: Unha consecuencia das emisións de CO2."[6]

Fernández died in a car accident in Moaña on 22 December 2015.[3][7]

Research

Fernández was considered "one of Europe's leading experts" on the relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and ocean acidity;[7] she also investigated the ocean depth at which such changes in pH occur.[8] Through her work, Ríos argued that observations of increased acidity in the Atlantic Ocean is best explained by changes in the accumulation of carbon dioxide produced by human activity rather than from natural sources.[9][8]

References

  1. ^ Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia (in Spanish)
  2. ^ http://www.ragc.gal/gl/gl/novas/pasamento-da-academica-numeraria-profra-dra-da-aida-fernandez-rios Archived 2019-09-25 at the Wayback Machine Pasamento da Académica Numeraria Profra. Dra. Da. Aída Fernández Ríos] (in Spanish)
  3. ^ a b c "Los científicos lloran la pérdida de la bióloga Aida Fernández". Atlántico (in Spanish). Rías Baixas Comunicación. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Aida Fernández, tercera mujer que ingresa en un año en la Academia Galega de Ciencias". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 15 June 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  5. ^ Weinstock, Maia (30 December 2015). "Gone in 2015: Commemorating 10 Outstanding Women in Science". Scientific American. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  6. ^ Ocampo, Elena (19 June 2015). "La profesora Aida Fernández entra en la Academia de Ciencias". Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  7. ^ a b "La bióloga del CSIC Aida Fernández Ríos es una de las fallecidas en el atropello de Moaña (Pontevedra)". La Informacion.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  8. ^ a b Martin Sastre, Laura (25 September 2015). "Acidificación oceánica, el alto precio de mitigar el cambio climático". Público (in Spanish). Diario Público. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  9. ^ "La acidificación del Atlántico ha aumentado en las últimas dos décadas". El Servicio de Información y Noticias Científicas (SINC) (in Spanish). 9 September 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.