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| U.S. Researcher Killed By Rock-Throwing Noble Savages In Ethiopia |
| 2016-10-07 |
| [World Post] LOS ANGELES - The California university researcher killed in Ethiopia protests was a brilliant scientist with an infectious smile who was studying the effects of climate change at the time of her death, the colleague who was traveling with her said on Thursday. Sharon Gray, a 31-year-old postdoctoral scientist at the University of California, Davis, was riding through Addis Ababa with her co-researcher Siobahn Brady when their car was attacked by demonstrators hurling rocks. Brady was not hurt in the incident and was returning to the United States, according to the university. The U.S. State Department was assisting in bringing Gray’s body home. "She had an infectious smile and giggle, a calm and patient nature and she was truly committed to helping people through her studies of plant biology. I and her colleagues and friends in my lab will miss her intensely," Brady said in a written statement. "These last hours of her life and the past day have been incredibly difficult and we ask for your respect for the privacy of my lab group, our project members and her colleagues while we mourn," she said. The two women were the lead researchers on study to understand the response of plants to climate change with the Netherlands Institute of Ecology and were in Addis Ababa for a "kick off meeting," Brady said, calling Gray a future leader in her field. On her Twitter page Sharon Gray described herself as an "outdoor adventurer, traveler, foodie" as well as a postdoctoral fellow. A memorial page posted by the university was filled with photos of her in fields of crops, rock-climbing and hiking, surrounded by friends. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 Climate change researcher rendered carbon neutral. Ironic. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2016-10-07 16:06 |
| #5 Ethiopia is not a hell hole. She would have been in greater danger in parts of Chicago. |
| Posted by: Grins Snese4215 2016-10-07 15:30 |
| #4 Well, everyone - just everyone - is studying climate change in Paris. Somebody has to prove it's happening in hellholes, too! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2016-10-07 13:22 |
| #3 Are there no plants in safer parts of the world that are affected by "climate change"? Seems rather far afield to me. If an impact is so localized it would seem problematic that climate change has anything to do with it......unless you're talking about the climate of hatred amongst warring tribes. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-10-07 10:31 |
| #2 Brady said, calling Gray a future leader in her field. May be a bit harsh, but when traveling in the third world....you buys yer ticket, you takes yer chances. I salute the quiet professionals, the hard working soccer moms. I would suggest they make the greatest contributions to mankind. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-10-07 10:15 |
| #1 "Climate Change death toll increases" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-10-07 10:07 |