by Iliyah | Jan 16, 2018 | Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences
Dr Shawn Riley | Dr Göran Ericsson – In Pursuit of Wild Game: Investigating People’s Perceptions of Hunting Hunting is among the most ancient of human activities, and still plays a major role in obtaining food for many people worldwide. Dr Shawn Riley and Dr...
by Iliyah | Jan 10, 2018 | Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, Business, Economics & Finance, Earth & Environmental Sciences
Dr Robert Lempert – Solving Long-Term Wicked Problems Climate change is one of the most pressing long-term challenges facing humanity and planet Earth. However, scientific uncertainty still leaves the scope of the threat unclear, and the path forward even more...
by Iliyah | Jan 3, 2018 | Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences
Dr Roger Cooke | Dr Bruce Wielicki – Knowing What We Face in an Uncertain Climate Dr Roger Cooke of the non-profit Resources for the Future and Dr Bruce Wielicki of the NASA Langley Research Center have been researching the challenges, costs and benefits of a...
by Iliyah | Dec 12, 2017 | Earth & Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences & Biology
Dr Nina Bassuk – Trees – the True Urban Warriors Trees benefit cities in many often-overlooked ways. They not only beautify concrete backdrops, but also improve the quality of our urban lives by providing shade, reducing storm runoff, filtering air and providing...
by Iliyah | Dec 12, 2017 | Earth & Environmental Sciences
Professor Deb Jaisi – In Search of a New Phosphorus-Cycling Paradigm Phosphorus poses a modern-day dilemma. On one hand, it is an essential nutrient for all plants and animals and is undisputedly indispensable as a crop fertiliser. On the other hand, its wide...
by Iliyah | Nov 29, 2017 | Agricultural Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences & Biology
Dr Martha Giraldo – Solving the Problem of Apio (Arracacia xanthorrhiza) Corm Rot Disease Essentially un-researched until now, corm rot disease has had detrimental effects on the Puerto Rican agricultural industry. Here, Dr Martha Giraldo and her research team...
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