Tom August from UKCEH describes how he and his hackathon teammates used network analyses to unpick gender variation in natural history collectors Naturalists have been exploring and recording the natural world for hundreds of years. They often do this in groups. Understanding these networks of co-collecting was the focus of a hackathon project at BioHackathon Europe […]
On Friday 1st October, we were pleased to welcome Dr Scott Ensign and Shannon Hicks of The Stroud Water Research Center. to present their webinar entitled ‘The Three Ingredients for Scaling-Up Water Sensor Networks: People, Platform, and Protocols’. The talk continued our ‘Sensing the Environment’ webinar series. Scott Ensign is Vice President and Research Scientist at […]
Authors: Emma Bee (British Geological Survey), Mirianna Budimir (Practical Action UK) and Jonathan Paul (Royal Holloway University). Approximately 93% of the global population has access to a mobile broadband network 1. Mobile phone ownership has also increased rapidly, with global smartphone connections doubling in just five years and rising sixfold in South Asia 2. Whilst […]
On Thursday 8th April we were very pleased to welcome Martin Sloan present a webinar entitled ‘Data protection, privacy and IP – what do you need to think about in the digital environment?’. Martin Sloan is a partner in the IP, Tech and Data team at Brodies LLP. Martin is recognised by Chambers and Partners […]
On Thursday 18th March we were delighted to have Professor Abbe Brown of the university of Aberdeen present a webinar entitled ‘Just because you can? Balancing the rights and regimes relevant to the digital environment’. Abbe Brown is Professor in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Aberdeen. Her research and teaching focus on intellectual […]
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 […]
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 […]
New soil spectral library addresses global food supply through advanced soil analysis A breakthrough in how soils are analyzed, known as soil spectroscopy, is equipping both farmers and government decision-makers with a new tool in combatting land degradation and improving farmers’ crop yields and income. Farmland around the world is becoming increasingly degraded for a […]