Ben Roberts, Research Postgraduate on Imperial’s President’s scholarship, is researching sustainable palm futures in West Africa. In this blog, he…
Tag: Earth and Life Sciences
Are zero-deforestation targets the best way to conserve tropical forests?
Joss Lyons-White, Research Postgraduate on the Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet Doctoral Training Partnership at the Grantham Institute,…
Research in the Atlantic Ocean: Six weeks onboard the Discovery
Ophelie Meuriot, a Research Postgraduate on the Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet Doctoral Training Partnership studying physical oceanography…
9 things you need to know about krill and why they are essential to the health of the ocean
Watercolour painting of krill bioluminescence. (c) Wikimedia commons Imperial’s Dr Emma Cavan, lead author of a recent Nature Communications paper…
The 400-year-old shark – what will a Greenland shark born today experience as the climate changes?
Nicholas Dunn, Research Postgraduate on the Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet DTP and based at the ZSL Institute…
Indigenous wisdom: Leaders of Arctic tribes visit Imperial
The Imperial College Environmental Society and Pacific Environment recently hosted an event with four Arctic indigenous leaders, who discussed climate…
Volcán de Colima: Insights from Mexico’s fiery volcano
Jack Anderson, a Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet DTP research postgraduate based at London’s Natural History Museum, describes…
Tracing the white water: how vulnerable are water resources to melting glaciers?
On World Water Day 2018, a group of UK and Peruvian scientists will be visiting the glaciers of the Cordillera…
Leading ladies in climate and environmental science, and why their profile counts
To mark International Women’s Day, archivist Anne Barrett, author of “Women At Imperial College Past Present and Future”, and Alice…
Ring of Fire: the future of ecological climate change research?
‘Ring of Fire’ is a four-year research project that investigates how rising temperatures of global warming could affect freshwater ecosystems. A…