American Named the 2011 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate

The Stockholm International Water Institute (http://www.siwi.org) announced yesterday that American environmental scientist Stephen R. Carpenter has been named the 2011 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate. Carpenter is a Professor of Zoology and Limnology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and will receive the 2011 Stockholm Water Prize. Professor Carpenter’s groundbreaking research has “shown how lake ecosystems are affected by the surrounding landscape and by human activities.”

For more information on the Stockholm Water Prize and to read the full text of the announcement, visit http://www.siwi.org/SWP2011.