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NERC Planet Earth retweeted
As part of our #WorldEnvironmentDay campaign #ForNature we're excited to introduce you to #EarthSchool, a collaboration with @TED_ED to help students gain an understanding of the environment while considering their role within it. Learn more ⤵️
#COVID19 unenvironment.org/news-and-s…
NERC Planet Earth retweeted
@UniofNewcastle are a partner on this exciting @NERCscience @NERCPlanetEarth project to create a #stepchange in how everyone #DiversityandInclusion engages in #environmentalresearch Come join us! #makeadifference #ClimateChange jobs.reading.ac.uk/displayjo… – at Belfast, Northern Ireland
NERC Planet Earth retweeted
Another team from BAS are heading down to #ThwaitesGlacier in West #Antarctica for a season of fieldwork. They'll be hot water drilling to investigate what's happening at point where the ice sits on the bed. Very best of luck @HotWaterOnIce
It's something of a cliche that we know more about the surface of Mars than we do about the bottom of the sea. But slowly, marine geoscientists are filling in the gaps. Find out more socsi.in/z83Ng @NOCnews
Once you have set eyes on the RRS Sir David Attenborough, you won't forget her. From rock drills and marine robots to the intriguingly named moon pool, take a closer look at everything the ship has to offer socsi.in/YH515 #Polarship
"We have been able to show that very cold ocean temperatures to the west of the UK can lead to heatwaves in Europe (including the UK), which is counter-intuitive."
Find out how scientists have been conducting experiments in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean socsi.in/rw3bf
It's something of a cliche that we know more about the surface of Mars than we do about the bottom of the sea. But slowly, marine geoscientists are filling in the gaps. Find out more socsi.in/IbFUD @NOCnews
Once you have set eyes on the RRS Sir David Attenborough, you won't forget her. From rock drills and marine robots to the intriguingly named moon pool, take a closer look at everything the ship has to offer socsi.in/ZoUYn #Polarship
"We have been able to show that very cold ocean temperatures to the west of the UK can lead to heatwaves in Europe (including the UK), which is counter-intuitive."
Find out how scientists have been conducting experiments in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean socsi.in/MkJsG
NERC Planet Earth retweeted
Team #DIAPOD has produced an activity sheet for kids about copepods. It has colouring-in, a maze, and a word puzzle. If you have children to entertain, or even want to try it yourself, you can download it here: bit.ly/CAOactivitysheet @NERCscience #UKinArctic @unisouthampton
NERC Planet Earth retweeted
Love public engagement? Want to share your successes and inspire others? This #NationalWritingDay why not write a post for our #NERCengage blog?
If you're interested please DM us your details.
Check out our blog engage.nerc.ac.uk/
ALT Person writing in a notebook
NERC Planet Earth retweeted
Delighted that #cheltscifest visitors could experience our @NERCscience #VirtualChernobyl and put @HBO series in context. Your next opportunity for VR tour of #Chernobyl is at IMMERSE on 10th July @UoSMediaCity with @whitehead_helen. eventbrite.co.uk/e/immerse-t… @SRP_UK @radioecology
A great #GameLab delivery for #cheltscifest with all the right parts from @SalfordUni including @juanfrahiriart @eggfoot27 @DocWithers1 @drchloejames with content developed by @ICZUoS @SalfordScience @ProfMikeWood @microbihome @UoSMediaCity @THINKlabsalford
Scientists are delving deep underground to study the agricultural impacts to #soil and water in #China , and are one step closer to finding a solution to land degradation and #pollution . Find out more here - socsi.in/8Mafd @ukinchina @UKRI_News @aberdeenuni
What do you picture when you think about climate change? Failing crops, rising sea levels, melting glaciers? What about struggling small businesses? #SMEs #climate #ElNiño socsi.in/BgIPs
NERC Planet Earth retweeted
Grant Allen @grantallen8 goes into the fires of northern Uganda with the @faam146 for MOYA:
moya.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/int…
Thousands of trees planted near Loch Ness could help grow a new income stream for Scotland's forestry industry while removing thousands of tonnes of #carbon from the atmosphere. socsi.in/XSjIC
NERC Planet Earth retweeted
Episode 2 in the RRS Discovery series is now online! bit.ly/2FTKL8r Join @IBAHCM researcher @JulieAOMiller to learn about physical oceanography, water chemistry and cephalopod ecology in a special part of the Atlantic.
@laptikhovsky @GEOMAR_en
NERC Planet Earth retweeted
The @HotWaterOnIce team have collected sediment from their 2nd drill hole! Understanding how 'slippery' the material beneath the #Rutford Ice Stream is will help predict how the region will respond to future #climatechange in #Antarctica #polarscience bas.ac.uk/media-post/scienti…
NERC Planet Earth retweeted
What do picture when you think about climate change? Perhaps failing crops, rising sea levels or melting glaciers. But climate change also has a devastating impact on small businesses in developing countries bit.ly/2HiniQz @GRI_LSE @_kategannon #climatechange
It's not just heat that kills during a heatwave, #airpollution can also be a killer. Find out how NERC research helped the UK government improve a nationwide #heatwave warning system socsi.in/wTiHf
