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India's
Pallava Bagla gets US science journalism award
Saturday December 18, 2010 09:04:34 AM,
Arun Kumar, IANS
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Washington: India's Pallava Bagla has been awarded the American Geophysical Union (AGU)
David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism for his
articles on the impact of climate change on Himalayan glaciers.
Bagla, who is NDTV's science editor, was presented the award
comprising a plaque and a $2,000 stipend at a gala event in San
Francisco during AGU's annual meeting Thursday.
The Perlman Award of AGU, the largest organisation of earth and
space scientists with more than 58,000 members worldwide,
recognises a work published with deadline pressure of one week or
less.
Bagla won the award for articles addressing "a very serious issue
in the earth sciences," according to AGU's Perlman Award selection
committee.
"His articles serve as a reminder to journalists to question
sources, to think harder about the agendas and ideas of those
people about whom they are reporting, and to stop the steamroller
of opinions or ideas when the facts just don't back them up."
"Although Bagla's articles reveal embarrassing foibles of
scientists, ultimately they also illustrate science's ability to
self-correct," it said.
The first of his two articles "No Sign of Himalayan Melt Down,
Indian Report Finds", published in the journal Science, explore
dissent among glaciologists regarding the claim by the United
Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that
Himalayan glaciers would imminently disappear.
The second article, "Himalayan Glacier Deadline 'Wrong'",
published by BBC News, reports on an apparent typographical error
in the IPCC claim which appears to explain the panel's
controversial, 300-year acceleration of global warming when
Himalayan glaciers are expected to vanish.
Bagla is also an author. His latest book is "Destination Moon:
India's Quest for Moon, Mars and Beyond". He also freelances
stories to BBC and other media outlets, and contributes
photographs to Corbis images.
(Arun Kumar can be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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