Megan Balks

Megan Ruby Balks NZAM (amụrụ 1960) bụ onye ọkà mmụta sayensị ala Antarctic nke New Zealand na onye bụbu onye nkuzi na Mahadum Waikato .

 Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ 
Amụrụ na 1960,  A zụlitere Balks n'ugbo atụrụ dị na Wairarapa, na-enye ya ekele maka gburugburu ebe obibi, ọ chọkwara ịbụ ọkà mmụta banyere mbara ala.  Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na Mahadum Massey, na-emecha nzere bachelọ nke sayensị na sayensị ala. 

 Ọrụ 
Balks kụziri na Mahadum Waikato site na 1988 ruo mgbe ọ hapụrụ na 2018, wee kụziere ụmụ akwụkwọ 10 nyocha ala Antarctic. 

Na 1990, Balks, yana ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị ala ndị ọzọ, malitere nyocha permafrost Antarctica na mmetụta gburugburu ebe obibi mmadụ. "New Year Honours List 2024 - Citation for the New Zealand Antarctic Medal | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024. Taylor, Dean (3 January 2024). "New Year Honours 2024: Dr Megan Balks recognised for services to Antarctic soil science". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 25 January 2024. Mgbe e nyere ya ọrụ a, o nwere obi abụọ n’ihi na o kweghị na Antarctic ga-enwe ala dị ukwuu ha ga-amụ. N'ọrụ mbụ ya, ọ lere anya n'ala sitere n'ọdụ ụgbọ elu nke United States wuru n'afọ 1950.  Na mkpokọta, ọ mezuru njem njem ubi 19 Antarctic, gụnyere 12 dị ka onye ndu ubi. Ya na ndị nchọpụta ndị ọzọ debere ọdụ ụgbọ ala na-enyocha ihu igwe na Antarctic, na-akọ na mmemme Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM), nke na-atụle mmetụta mgbanwe ihu igwe na mpaghara pola.  

Site na etiti 1990s ruo 2001, Balks bụ onye otu na kọmiti nchekwa nchekwa Waikato.  Site na 2000 ruo 2023, ọ bụ onye otu Crysol Working Group nke International Union of Soil Sciences, ma bụrụkwa onye isi oche afọ abụọ. Site na 2008 ruo 2022, Balks nọchitere New Zealand na kansụl nke International Permafrost Association, ebe na 2019, o mepụtara ọgbakọ permafrost mpaghara South Hemisphere mbụ ya. Ọrụ ya ndị ọzọ gụnyere ịbụ onye ntọala na odeakwụkwọ nke ANTPAS (Antarctic Permafrost and Soils), onye otu Royal Society of New Zealand 's Committee on Antarctic Research, onye so na New Zealand Geographic Board Committee of Place Nameing in the New Zealand Geographic Board of Place Nameing. Ross Sea Region nke Antarctica, na onye isi oche nke New Zealand Society of Soil Science si 2018 ruo 2020. "New Year Honours List 2024 - Citation for the New Zealand Antarctic Medal | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.  Ọ bụ onye nchịkọta akụkọ nke State of the World Soils Report nke UN Food and Agriculture Organisation . Taylor, Dean (3 January 2024). "New Year Honours 2024: Dr Megan Balks recognised for services to Antarctic soil science". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

Na 2021, Balks na ndị nchọpụta abụọ ọzọ bipụtara akwụkwọ bụ Soils of Aotearoa New Zealand . O nwere isi iri na asatọ ma kọwaa ala New Zealand dịka nhazi ala New Zealand siri dị. 

Na 2024 Afọ Ọhụrụ nsọpụrụ, e nyere Balks ihe nrite New Zealand Antarctic, maka ọrụ na sayensị ala Antarctic. "New Year Honours List 2024 - Citation for the New Zealand Antarctic Medal | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

 Ndụ onwe onye 
Balks nwere di aha ya bụ Errol. N'ihe dị ka 1980s ha abụọ kwagara Dunedin n'ihi ọrụ Balks na Central Otago, ka Errol wee mụọ nyocha ala. Ha bi ugbu a na Waikato ma nwee ebe nchekwa okike nke onwe ha, ebe ha nwere ụdị atụrụ na-amịpụta eriri Balks na-eji eme ihe omume ntụrụndụ. Taylor, Dean (3 January 2024). "New Year Honours 2024: Dr Megan Balks recognised for services to Antarctic soil science". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

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Òtù:Mmadụ ndi di ndụ
Òtù:1960 births