Latest Blogs
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Extreme weather - how can science influence policy?
Lancaster PhD student, Joe Acton, spent three months working in the Royal Society seeing how the UK’s top scientists try to ensure their work influences policy
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A Brazilian excursion
Sam Robinson experiences Brazilian wildlife and night life while researching the restoration of degraded forest in one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots for his masters dissertation.
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Talking to top horticulturalists in Brisbane
Antje Fiebig found herself presenting her PhD research on effective plant watering systems to the world’s top horticulturalists in Australia, after winning a prestigious travel scholarship.
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Keys, tromping and water quality
MSc International Innovation student Jonathan Harvey developed his understanding of environmental protection and management, and his appreciation of invertebrates, during a summer internship with the Environment Agency.
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Life as Erasmus students in Zagreb
Molly Sander, Katie Shearston and Daisy McMurdo discover student living in Croatia while spending the summer in Zagreb researching and writing their dissertations.
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Mapping the geology of the Isle of Mull
Earth and Environmental Science student Thomas Burke sees puffins, spectacular scenery and some interesting weather while creating a geological map of the Isle of Mull during a residential field module.
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Researching human exposure to toxic organic pollutants in Sierra Leone
PhD student Alhaji Ibrahim Sankoh meets scavengers living on waste dumps and farm workers working with dangerous pesticides while researching the damage caused by widespread chemical contamination on the people and environment of his homeland.
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The adventures of a Himalayan geologist
Geologist Dr Yani Najman scours the Indian Himalaya, searching for evidence of when the mountain belt was formed. Scaling the mountains and finding the right rocks is only half the battle.
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A field trip to Europe’s biodiversity hotspot - generation Δ
On the final day of the Lancaster Environment Centre’s annual trip to Doñana National Park in southern Spain, Professor Nigel Paul reflects on how field work has changed in the past 60 years, and on the future challenges facing a new generation of ecologists and biologists
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A field trip to Europe’s biodiversity hotspot – eucalyptus, storks and crayfish
On the sixth day of their field course, Professor Nigel Paul describes how the students leave the Doñana National Park in southern Spain and head for the city of Sevilla, learning about the perils of invasive species en route.