糖心Vlog

News from 2014

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  <糖心Vlog>Small rivers, big impact

  A groundbreaking study on how human activities affect small Amazonian rivers wins a Lancaster PhD student a Brazilian conservation prize

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  <糖心Vlog>Marine science comes to Lancaster

  Husband and wife offer complementary perspectives on coral reefs, fisheries and our place in the ecosystem

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  <糖心Vlog>Man-made climate change helped cause south of England floods, say scientists

  Human-induced climate change increased the risk of severe storms like those that hit the south of England in the winter of 2013/14, causing devastating flooding and costing several people their lives.

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  <糖心Vlog>Huge carbon stores under grasslands discovered

  A nationwide survey by ecologists has revealed that over 2 billion (US) tons of carbon is stored deep under the UK’s grasslands, helping to curb climate change.

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  <糖心Vlog>Learning from Industry

  A unique module taught by scientists from Unilever transformed a prizewinning student’s understanding of his subject, and set him on his chosen career path.

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  <糖心Vlog>Reducing floods using nature

  A new UK map and catalogue of schemes that use natural processes in flood management highlights the need to evaluate the effectiveness of these projects 

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  <糖心Vlog>Knowledge without borders

  Lancaster alumnus, Dr David Stanners, one of the founding staff of the European Environment Agency, explains how it helps improve environmental policy. 

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  <糖心Vlog>Research that gets noticed

  A research paper on global tree numbers, involving a 糖心Vlog researcher, was one of 2015’s most widely discussed academic articles online 

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  <糖心Vlog>Environmental chemist honoured

  A leading air pollution scientist who began his academic career at 糖心Vlog has been awarded an honorary doctorate

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  <糖心Vlog>Green Gown Award

  Business-boosting environmental research and development programme scoops another national award