Dr. Timothy Ball
NRSP Chairman and Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee
Phone: 250-380-7784
Fax: 250-380-7776
e-mail: timothyball@shaw.ca
Dr. Timothy Ball is a renowned environmental consultant and
former climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg,
Manitoba, where he founded and directed the Rupertsland Research
Centre. With a doctorate in climatology from the University
of London, Queen Mary College, England, Dr. Ball's comprehensive
background in the field includes a strong focus on the reconstruction
of past climates and the impact of climate change on human
history and the human condition.
Dr. Ball is a researcher/author of scientific papers on a
range of environmental issues. He has recently (December 06)
co-authored a paper for the scientific journal, Ecological
Complexity, with Baliunas, Dyck, Soon, Baydack, Legates, and
Hancock entitled Polar bears of western Hudson Bay and climate
change: Are warming spring air temperatures the "ultimate"
survival control factor? He is also co-author of the book
Eighteenth Century Naturalists of Hudson Bay (2004 - McGill/Queens
University Press) with Dr. Stuart Houston, one of the World's
leading authorities on arctic birds.
Dr. Ball is a leader in the current global warming debate
and appears regularly as a guest on radio and television -
click here to watch one of his recent appearances on Fox TV's
"Hannity and Colmes"; click here to listen to his
June 9, 2007 radio interview on the Nick at Night on CFRA
Radio in Ottawa, Ontario.
Dr. Ball is also published frequently in leading newspapers
and magazines across Canada and, increasingly, the U.S. and
abroad A measure of Dr. Ball's impact was seen recently when,
after one of his pieces was featured on the Drudge Report,
a leading on-line news service (click here to see original
piece), he received approximately 1,000 e-mails from the general
public during the next 24 hours, 90% of which were supportive.
Dr. Ball personally responded to over 500 of these, providing
respondents with information as requested -- as a consequence
several are now NRSP supporters.
Dr. Ball's public presentations - over 600 in the past ten
years -- have been enthusiastically received by professional
societies, business conferences, public forums and a wide
variety of public, private and non-profit organizations. His
entertaining, yet solidly science-based description of the
current climate change controversy has resulted in him being
a much sought after speaker continent-wide. Recognizing the
different knowledge-levels and interests of particular audiences,
Dr. Ball specially tunes his talks to appeal to listeners
and, as a consequence, is regular repeat presenter for many
groups.
