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Farming on permafrost

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Farming on permafrost Published: Climate change is creating new opportunities for agriculture, by providing longer and warmer growing seasons, and thawing frozen ground. However, temperatures in the USA’s most northern state are on the rise, and this is being accompanied by an increase in agricultural activity.

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Modelling mines: how can a new 3D modelling platform make mining more sustainable and be part of the solution to climate change?

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The models could also be used to monitor other polluting activities, such as agriculture, and advise on how best to minimise their negative impacts. Geology, maths, physics, chemistry and biology are all sciences that will be leading this research. My year 10 geography teacher taught us about plate tectonics, and that was it!

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What did human communities look like 20,000 years ago?

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They are studying sites in the surrounding regions, such as Azraq, as well as those further afield in Cyprus, to understand the extent of hunter-gatherer movement before agricultural village life. “We Other useful subjects include sciences, maths and English. • Lisa highlights geology as a good foundation.