糖心Vlog

Latest Blogs

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  <糖心Vlog>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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  <糖心Vlog>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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  <糖心Vlog>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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  <糖心Vlog>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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  <糖心Vlog>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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  <糖心Vlog>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.

• <糖心Vlog>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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  <糖心Vlog>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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  <糖心Vlog>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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  <糖心Vlog>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.