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Classroom resources for the new school year

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Students can discover how Professor Anotida Madzvamuse applies maths to address real-world challenges. Professor Dan Romik is uncovering the mathematical surprises hidden in this brain teaser. Poetry – Professor Will May helped establish the Poetry Ambassadors scheme, allowing aspiring young poets to be mentored by experienced poets.

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Winds of change: using dust in Antarctic ice to understand past climates

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Bess is an Assistant Professor of Geology at Colby College, Waterville, Maine, in the US. DR BESS KOFFMAN Assistant Professor of Geology Colby College, Waterville, Maine, USA. Paleoclimate Science, Geology. ABOUT GEOLOGY. This in turn helps us better understand how wind patterns may change in the future.”.

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What is the fate of dissolved oxygen in our oceans?

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CLIMATE MODELS — big computer models that use maths, physics and chemistry to characterise how energy and matter (solid, gas or fluid) flow between the hydrosphere (oceans, ice, rivers and lakes), atmosphere and land. The various scientific publications resulting from this work provide satisfying recognition of the team’s efforts.

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Deducing how Antarctica will respond to climate change

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Dr Denise Kulhanek , at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel in Germany, Dr Brian Romans , at Virginia Tech in the US, and Dr Molly Patterson , from Binghamton University in the US, are collaborating to make these predictions by delving deep into Antarctica’s geological past.

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From field to lab: the changing nature of archaeology

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We bring together students from backgrounds in history, anthropology, archaeology, chemistry and museum studies to work collaboratively on the project,” he says. DR LIZA GIJANTO Associate Professor of Anthropology St. LARSEN Professor of Chemistry St. FIELD OF RESEARCH: Analytical Chemistry. DR RANDOLPH K.

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How can place attachment improve scientific literacy?

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Published: At Furman University in the US, Dr Ben Haywood and Professor Julia Parrish from the University of Washington are studying how citizen science programmes impact the relationships participants have with the places and ecology they study which might, in turn, increase scientific literacy. How exactly can programmes do this?