August 2020 – NERC Constructing a Digital Environment

COVID-19 and Illegal Wildlife Trade: Where does the Law Fail and How Digital Technologies can help?

Posted on August 31, 2020February 20, 2021 by admin

The exact origin of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has not yet been identified, however there are indications that it may be linked to pangolin. Pangolins are protected at the highest level under international environmental law via a ban on international trade in all pangolin species since 2017, however they are still considered to be the world’s most trafficked mammal. This has put illegal or unsustainable wildlife […]

Assimilation of new low-cost wind observations from aircraft

Posted on August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 by admin

New low-cost wind observations from aircraft are now being assimilated in the Met Office’s high-resolution UK model. In situ upper air observations of the atmosphere have been of interest to meteorologists since the first thermometers were flown on kites in the mid-1700s. Kites were still used for routine observations into the early 1900s. The advent […]

COVID-19 Hackathons – Winners announced for third and fourth events

Posted on August 18, 2020August 18, 2020 by Stephen Hallett

We are pleased to be able to announce the winning teams for the final two events in the NERC COVID-19 Digital Sprint Hackathons – Ecosystem Services and Visualising Risk. We had some really fantastic entries to choose amongst and the judging panels had a hard job. But after much deliberation, the winners to date are […]