by nick | Feb 21, 2017 | Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences
Trees For Cities As the only charity working on an international scale to create greener cities, Trees for Cities has engaged over 70,000 people to plant over 650,000 trees in parks, streets, schools and housing estates across the UK and internationally. Trees for...
by nick | Feb 21, 2017 | Earth & Environmental Sciences
Dr Stephanie Kampf – Tracking The Source Of Mountain Streamflow Warmer temperatures can cause mountain snowpacks to decline, especially at lower elevations and in dry climates. Since snow is the number one source of fresh water in many mountainous regions, it is...
by nick | Feb 21, 2017 | Earth & Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences & Biology
Professor Daniel John Jackson – How Animals Fabricate Biominerals Professor Daniel J. Jackson and his team at the University of Göttingen use snails and sponges as models to study how animals make biominerals, and to gain insight into how this ability first...
by nick | Feb 21, 2017 | Earth & Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences & Biology
Professor Suzie Currie – Coping With Stress In An Aquatic World As high temperatures continue to set records around the globe, aquatic organisms are facing new environmental extremes. Freshwater and marine animals will either adapt to resulting changes in...
by nick | Feb 21, 2017 | Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences
Professor John Vucetich – Forging A Healthy Relationship With Nature Through The Marriage Of Science And Ethics Professor John Vucetich of Michigan Technological University spends much of his research life studying wolves in Isle Royale and Yellowstone National...
by nick | Feb 20, 2017 | Earth & Environmental Sciences, Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Geologist and volcanologist Professor Ken Sims and his colleagues from across the globe want to improve our understanding of active volcanoes in an effort to advance the science of volcanology. But they also want to protect the lives of people living near these...
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