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OU S206 Env. Science

@Team_S206

Tweets from the module team for 2nd year Environmental Science module S206/SXF206 at the Open University

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Great excitement as the module website for 19J opens tomorrow! Forums will open over the next couple of weeks!
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Tom Argles@tomargles16 Jan 2020
Fascinating - and detailed! - and well-referenced! - exploration of the evolving colours of our world by @ferrisjabr. @Team_S206 @S209geology @S309geology OU students might be intrigued to dip in to this thread...
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The Open University
@OpenUniversity20 Nov 2019
Have you witnessed the beautiful sight of a large flock of starlings swooping across the sky during the winter months? This event is known as a murmuration and we're looking for lots of you to join in with our new citizen science project! More here: nquire.org.uk/mission/starli…
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Awesome animation as we get going on Block 2: Air
Ed Hawkins (@ed_hawkins) profile pictureEd Hawkins@ed_hawkins19 Nov 2019
What would happen if you suddenly removed all the greenhouse gases from the atmosphere? This animation by @CColose shows that icy regions would expand to cover large parts of the planet and global temperature would drop by about 30°C.
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Treezilla.org@Treezilla_org20 Nov 2019
We reached 1 million tree records! 1/3 of records can be used to calc. ecosystem service value: 335,000 trees = £95 million in ES benefits #lovetrees #communitree #treecitsci @TreesforCities @LTOA33. Thank you to everyone who has shared tree data. See below for more details.
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Rachel Parker@rprkr8637 Oct 2019
Replying to @rprkr863 @Team_S206 @BBCNews
Have a listen to this discussion re environmental DNA and some of its possible applications for future research bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0008w…

Costing the Earth - The e-DNA Revolution - BBC Sounds

How environmental DNA is transforming what we know about our lakes, oceans and the past.

bbc.co.uk
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Dave Goulson@DaveGoulson5 Oct 2019
We really MUST stop digging peat out of the ground for gardening. Peat bogs are huge stores of carbon, and internationally rare habitats. It is madness. Please sign this petition, and RT petition.parliament.uk/petit…
Petition: Ban peat compost.

Petition: Ban peat compost.

Peat is vital in the fight against climate breakdown as it stores vast amounts of carbon. It also provides habitat for a diverse range of wildlife. Therefore we should not be using peat compost to...

petition.parliament.uk
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Official module start tomorrow following: a v wet week (flooding covered in Block 1), the arrival of Hurricane Lorenzo (learn how hurricanes form in Block 2), the State of Nature report (habitat conservation in Block 4). Couldn't be a better time to study Environmental Science!
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iSpot@iSpotnature3 Oct 2019
#StateOfNature 2019 shows that UK wildlife continues to decline; we have to do more! Sharing data, identifying & learning about wildlife; while reducing our impact on nature is crucial. @iSpotnature is a committed partner in this effort. See report here: nbn.org.uk/stateofnature2019…
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The Open University
@OpenUniversity24 Sep 2019
Aw, our Vice-Chancellor is retiring and wrote us a love letter 🙌😍 #OUfamily
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Greta Thunberg
@GretaThunberg23 Sep 2019
“People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction. And all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!”My speech in UN General Assembly in print theguardian.com/commentisfre…
If world leaders choose to fail us, my generation will never forgive them | Greta Thunberg

If world leaders choose to fail us, my generation will never forgive them | Greta Thunberg

We are in the middle of a climate breakdown, and all they can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth, says climate activist Greta Thunberg

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An interesting BBC news article today about some research just published where oak trees have been used to explore Britain’s past climate. Links well with Week 1 of S112. bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-wales-…

Climate change: 800 years tracked using oak tree rings

Scientists are using the trees to study the climate in medieval times.

bbc.co.uk
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Dave Goulson@DaveGoulson15 Sep 2019
New paper "Quantifying the attractiveness of garden flowers for pollinators" rdcu.be/bQ7oQ based on data collected by @rosybeeplants. Full of useful info for planning you garden #gardenjungle
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The Open University
@OpenUniversity10 Sep 2019
TWO DAYS TO GO! If you want to study with us this autumn it's time to register. Go on, you know you want to... open.ac.uk/courses/apply
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The first of the our three fieldcasts this week starts in 1 hour, with @CookeJulia @Om_Phil and @kmaseyk. Be part of the interactive field investigation from your home!
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Want to see what a career in science doesn't look like? Check out #BadStockPhotosOfMyJob to see the sorts of things you won't be doing with your degree. (I'm going out on a limb to suggest it will be both less glamorous and more interesting! 👨🏾‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬😀).
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Hats off (or on) to all @OU_EEE Environmental Science students who toughed it out in the snow over Easter weekend at Malham Tarn FSC!
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Expectations at the end of last year of 2017 being again one of the warmest on record bear out, paricularly in the #Arctic eos.org/articles/global-aver…
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