Science writer and speaker Mary Ellen Hannibal serves as an ambassador between scientists and a general audience. Her book Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction was named one of the best titles of 2016 by the San Francisco Chronicle. Prompted by her novelist father’s sudden death, she connects the activity of bearing witness to nature today with a broad inquiry into time, place and purpose.
Hannibal's previous books include The Spine of the Continent. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Science, Anthropocene, Nautilus and many other publications.
The final session of TEDWomen 2019 is here! We can’t believe it; we won’t believe. But, if we must close out these three incredible days, it’s good we did it by hearing from a diverse range of “wayfinders” — incredible women who are using their wisdom and insight to light the way forward, tackle global […]
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