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Are there enough women in science? Does it really matter?

The election in the United States of America of the first woman Vice President has been applauded as historic.  While it begins to re-balance the gender  imbalance, it also highlights the gender issue – women , or the absence of, in high office – in the first place. In the field of nature conservation/ science/ etc , the high profile women are certainly there – Dr Jane Goodall  Dr Sylvia Earle  Susan Goldberg  Audrey Azoulay Mechtild Rosser Christine Lagarde However...

Greta Thunberg: reminders of the promises made to your grandchildren

Greta calls for urgent action to address the climate and ecological crisis. She reminds the world of the promises made to children and grandchildren – a promise they expect to be kept.   Let’s remind ourselves what Greta stated 1 year ago at Davos…     Followed by her latest message… My name is Greta Thunberg and I’m not here to make deals. You see, I don’t belong to any financial interest or political party. So I can’t bargain or...

Trees – global breathe machine!

The Dyerville Giant fell to earth in 1991. The Dyerville Giant was a 113-meter (370-foot) coast redwood tree, taller than the Statue of Liberty, in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California. The crash was so loud that people in the closest towns thought it was the noise of a big train accident. The redwood’s fall moved the earth so much that it registered on a nearby seismograph, a device scientists use to measure earthquakes. Dave Stockton, who runs the Humboldt Redwoods Interpretive Association, remembers visiting the downed redwood the day after it...

A decade for the ocean

What is the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development? On 5 December 2017, the United Nations proclaimed a Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, to be held from 2021 to 2030. This Decade will provide a common framework to ensure that ocean science can fully support countries’ actions to sustainably manage the Oceans and more particularly to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Why a Decade of Ocean Science? The UN Decade of Ocean Science for...

STEM : ‘wet’ student’s appetite!

Your students might grab a glass of water to drink, turn the tap on to brush their teeth, take a shower at night, and fill their dog’s water bowl—all without even thinking about water quality. As an educator, you want to teach them about where their water comes from and why it’s important to keep natural water sources (such as rivers, lakes, and oceans) clean. Pollution can take many forms, and it’s often hard to know how clean a water...

Native versus introduced…

Nice night time visitor or large invader? Spotted the above in my backyard tonight…. At first , I was excited as it’s ‘wildlife’ and I am enthused to ID life that I had not seen before – a frog! Seeing a creature at night , is particularly exciting and important at this time of Coronavirus lockdown, when we want to be more aware of what’s in our local environment. So, I ran inside, returned with my camera, zoomed in for...

Learning from home

A few groups have new ‘learning hubs’ which provide easy access to free resources , for everyone…. WWT Wild Home Learning Hub WWT have launched a new home learning hub to help parents teach their primary school aged children key parts of the science curriculum. ‘New resources, covering different science topics, will be released on a Monday morning each week until the end of this term. Families will have access to lesson plans, written specifically with this audience in mind,...