astronomy

Lindsay Stringer

Lindsay Stringer is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Lindsay Stringer rather than just read about it. In short: Lindsay C. Stringer is a Professor in Environment and Development at the University of York.

Key takeaways

Lindsay Stringer belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Lindsay Stringer to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Lindsay Stringer from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Lindsay C. Stringer is a Professor in Environment and Development at the University of York. Stringer's research is interdisciplinary and uses theories and methods from both the natural and social sciences to understand human-environment relationships, feedbacks and trade-offs, examining the impacts for human wellbeing, equity and the environment

Education PhD in Geography, University of Sheffield, Department of Geography, 2005 MSc in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment in Drylands, University of Sheffield Department of Geography, 2001 BSc in Physical Geography, University of Sheffield Department of Geography, 2000

Career Stringer has been involved in research on land, food, water, energy and climate change worth c.£42 million (total value) since 2005. She chaired the Independent International Task Force for the Dryland Systems Programme of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) from 2014 to 2016. She was an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) lead author for the Special Report on Climate Change and Land Use. She is currently IPCC lead author for the 6th Assessment Report (AR6) as well as Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC AR6 cross-chapter paper on Deserts, Desertification and Semi-arid Areas. She was Coordinating Lead Author for the Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Africa Regional Assessment, and Lead Author for the IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment. Stringer is involved in the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative, as well as being an Elected Steering Committee Member for DesertNet International. She was competitively selected for the international Homeward Bound expedition to Antarctica: a women in climate science leadership programme in 2016. She was Director of the Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) at the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK from 2011–2014 She is the Director York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI). The centre was set up by the University of York to facilitate and deliver interdisciplinary research in environmental sustainability. [1] She is a member Centre for Dryland Agriculture’s International Scientific Advisory Board, Bayero University Kano

Prizes Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award, 2017 Women of Achievement Award, 2015 Philip Leverhulme Prize for advancing sustainability in the world’s drylands, 2013

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Lindsay Stringer

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Lindsay Stringer claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Lindsay Stringer before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Lindsay Stringer ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Lindsay Stringer

In research: Lindsay Stringer appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Lindsay Stringer in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Lindsay Stringer is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academics of the University of Leeds, Academics of the University of York, Alumni of the University of Sheffield, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Lindsay Stringer outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Lindsay Stringer in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Lindsay Stringer means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Lindsay Stringer out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Lindsay Stringer in simple terms?

Lindsay C. Stringer is a Professor in Environment and Development at the University of York.

Why does Lindsay Stringer matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Lindsay Stringer?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Lindsay Stringer.