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Ways of knowing: how can traditional knowledge enrich geoscience education?

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However, western science often ignores this traditional knowledge, marginalising Indigenous scientists and discouraging Indigenous students from pursuing careers in STEM. Dr Judith (Judi) Brown Clarke and Dr Wendy K’ah Skaahluwaa Todd want traditional knowledge to be used in geoscience education and research.

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Farming on permafrost

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Dr Melissa Ward Jones , a permafrost geomorphologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks , USA, has established Permafrost Grown, a research project investigating the interactions between permafrost and agriculture. The most important members of the research team are the farmers themselves. “We

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A rocky revolution: Can virtual 3D models transform the teaching of geology?

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“There are too few students studying geology today,” Laura laments, “and too many non-geologists who do not even think of geology as a science.” Underpinned by scientific skills such as making observations and testing hypotheses, geology is the science of understanding the world around us. Field of Research : Structural Geology.

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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 team behind the Loop project is made up mainly of researchers and developers. Q&A Meet Laurent What do you find rewarding about research in geoscience? Planet sustainability should be at the forefront of future research. Geology, maths, physics, chemistry and biology are all sciences that will be leading this research.

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What is the fate of dissolved oxygen in our oceans?

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Babette and her team are studying dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Pacific Ocean, currently the world’s largest low-oxic water body, through an innovative and dedicated research programme incorporating a novel multi-proxy approach which will inform climate models. FIELDS OF RESEARCH : Palaeoceanography, Climate Change.

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

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FIELDS OF RESEARCH: Prehistoric Archaeology and Geoarchaeology. FIELDS OF RESEARCH: Prehistoric Archaeology and Anthropological Archaeology. FUNDERS: National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Arts and Humanities Research Council of the UK (AHRC UKRI), The University of Tulsa.