Understanding Differences Between Lakes and Reservoirs Penny Beames and I published an article today in the journal Frontiers for Young Minds where we present differences between lakes and reservoirs, and why it matters for people and nature. Our article was reviewed by students (ages 14-17) at Peru iGEM Team. The full article is shared below […]
Reflections from ‘Sacred Rivers and Climate Change’ at London’s Climate Action Week
The UK parliament is the first in the world to declare a climate emergency, and in turn the capital city launched its first climate action week (EcoWatch, 2019). The London Climate Action Week had more than 150 events taking place around the city, bringing people together across many sectors to identify solutions and find new […]
Getting to know the Twitter game #DamOrNot (post 1/2)
In the summer of 2016 I thought it would be fun to share a post on Twitter about my quest to confirm the locations of different built infrastructure found on rivers in France. I asked Twitter followers whether the infrastructure in the satellite image I posted was a dam, or not. This was a question […]
Robots, fish, fisheries, and more at Robofish Workshop
What could a robotic fish look like? From 5-6th December, FIRE lab took part in a Cherish-DE funded workshop about the development of robotics to address challenges in fisheries. The workshop was led by Steph and Dr James Stovold, who, along with Dr Ting Jarusriboonchai, were awarded the funds for the workshop based on a […]