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A news blog from the CEH News Team: June 2014
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Friday, 27 June 2014. 50 years of the Biological Records Centre. You can see a complete version of this infographic in the booklet Celebrating 50 years of the Biological Records Centre. Available as a PDF (6.6mb). Read more about the history of BRC. In our blog post, and news of its anniversary symposium in Bath. Friday, June 27, 2014. The Biological Records Centre is 50 years old! This year the Biological Records Centre. A rich history of biological recording. Was published. Written by Essex. Project wa...
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A news blog from the CEH News Team: CEH science at EGU 2015
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Tuesday, 14 April 2015. CEH science at EGU 2015. CEH scientists are among those presenting research updates to the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna this week (12-17 April 2015). The meeting brings together scientists from all over the world to discuss aspects of Earth, planetary and space sciences. Abstracts of oral and poster presentations led by CEH scientists and students can be found below:. Sources of greenhouse gases and carbon monoxide in central London (UK). Assessing the imp...
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A news blog from the CEH News Team: December 2014
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Monday, 22 December 2014. The most viewed CEH news stories and blog posts of 2014. To round off the year, a little insight into the CEH news stories and blog posts you were reading the most in 2014 (in reverse order):. Top 10 most viewed news stories:. Notable persistent floodplain inundation - January 2014 Hydrological Summary for the UK. The year got off to a very wet start. Adult vendace, Britain’s rarest freshwater fish, found in Bassenthwaite Lake. Good news in the late summer for British wildlife.
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A news blog from the CEH News Team: February 2015
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Tuesday, 24 February 2015. CEH lakes research presented at 2015 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. A number of CEH's lake researchers are in attendance at the 2015 Aquatic Sciences Meeting taking place this week in Granada, Spain (22-27 February). See below for details of oral and poster presentations. You can follow updates from the meeting on Twitter with #ASLO2015. An assessment of benthic-pelagic coupling of arsenic in a shallow lake recovering from industrial pollution (Kinghorn Loch, UK). Our colleagues in ...
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A news blog from the CEH News Team: Fascination of Plants Day 2015
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Monday, 18 May 2015. Fascination of Plants Day 2015. CEH scientists were among those taking part in an event at Harcourt Arboretum in Oxfordshire this weekend staged as part of the worldwide Fascination of Plants Day 2015. Insect interactions with different plants and wildflowers were high on the agenda as our experts led guided walks, answered questions and revealed the contents of a moth trap set up for the event. Moths about to be revealed @MarcBotham. 8212; Helen Roy (@UKLadybirds) May 16, 2015.
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A news blog from the CEH News Team: May 2014
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Thursday, 29 May 2014. Ladybirds spotted on Springwatch Unsprung. Two of our CEH colleagues were live on the Red Button and web this week, appearing with Nick Baker on the Unsprung element of the popular BBC Springwatch. Series. On Wednesday, Dr Steve Thackeray. Spoke about nature's calendar and climate change, which he investigates as part of the shifting seasons phenology project. He leads. Earlier in the week, Dr Helen Roy. Chatted about biological recording, citizen science and, of course, ladybirds!
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BGS Geoheritage – images from the collections: December 2014
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BGS Geoheritage – images from the collections. Friday, 5 December 2014. On the manufacture of gun-flints, Memoir of the Geological Survey 1879. The memoir is a regarded as a classic by modern day flint knappers. Illustration showing knappers at work. Flint was mined from chalk pits, each pit lasting from six to nine months. The miners sold the flints to the flint knappers by the 'jag' which is one cart-load about equal to a ton. To manufacture the gun-flints there were four processes:. Knapping - The fin...
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BGS Geoheritage – images from the collections: Odd rocks of the Scilly Isles
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BGS Geoheritage – images from the collections. Sunday, 15 March 2015. Odd rocks of the Scilly Isles. BGS Image ID: P241716. The 'Loaded Camel' St. Mary's. BGS Image ID: P241720. The 'Nag's Head' St. Agnes. BGS Image ID: P241717. The 'Punch bowl' St Agnes. A series of photographs taken by R.H. Preston illustrating weathering of granite. The photographs were donated to the British Association for the Advancement of Science Collection. Photographs are dated 1895. See also 'The Drum Rock'. Help us to Help You.
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BGS Geoheritage – images from the collections: July 2015
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BGS Geoheritage – images from the collections. Sunday, 26 July 2015. Brora coal pit, Sutherland, 1899. Photograph by Robert Lunn, 1899. Posted by Bob McIntosh. Friday, 17 July 2015. Oblique aerial view of Craigielaw Point, Aberlady. East Lothian. BGS Image ID: P000795. Posted by Bob McIntosh. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Communicating scientific heritage in BGS through images and the written word. Brora coal pit, Sutherland, 1899. Oblique aerial view of Craigielaw Point, Aberlady. GeoBlogy - from Lauren.
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BGS Geoheritage – images from the collections: April 2015
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BGS Geoheritage – images from the collections. Sunday, 19 April 2015. BGS Image ID: P023985. Easton, Bath and Portland Stone Firms, Ltd., Portland. General view of mason's workshop in Portland Stone works. Works of Bath and Portland Stone Firms, Ltd. 1930. BGS Image ID: P204941. BGS Image ID: P204947. BGS Image ID: P204950. Easton, Bath and Portland Stone Firms, Ltd., Portland. Travelling crane lifting block of masonry in Portland Stone. Works of Bath and Portland Stone Firms, Ltd. BGS Image ID: P204951.
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