I thought I recognised this guy's photo and realised I'd seen him protesting at the #UniversityOfExeter for which he was sentenced to six weeks in prison
https://social.coop/@afewbugs/111210781149302732
I'm still not sure of the effectiveness of these tactics in tackling climate change, but I'm beginning to suspect giving people with a lot of educational and social capital prison experience may end up doing a surprising amount for prison reform
Ancient Dorset burial site raises questions over age of Stonehenge https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/06/flagstones-monument-dorset-burial-site-stonehenge-age #UniversityofExeter #Archaeology #Stonehenge #Science #England #Dorset #UKnews
#Exeter folks, #FlightFreeUK will be coming to @uniofexeter on the 6th of March for a community event on reimagining travel in the era of #CimateCrisis
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/flightfreeuk/1494719
#Devon #UniversityOfExeter #FlightFree #AirportExpansion #Heathrow #thirdRunway
Just emailed my employer @uniofexeter to ask if there were any plans to join the other UK Universities that have already left X/Twitter. It's a tiny action but better than nothing #UniversityOfExeter
The UK's #NetZero strategy involves flat-rate per-area payments to convert agricultural land to woodland regardless of the suitability of the land for #TreePlanting.
A #UniversityofExeter study shows this is not only ineffective but could increase net emissions by incentivising subsidy uptake from lower productivity farms, frequently located on carbon rich soils where tree growth is poor & where drying soil could result in CO2 emission not sequestration.
I got to have another look around the #UniversityofExeter's #hydroponic greenhouse today - these are the herb plants (basil, coriander and parsley mostly). They focus on high value crops for fancy graduation dinners and the like, like herbs, edible flowers, salads and heritage tomatoes because it wouldn't be cost efficient (in terms of staff time rather than materials) to do bulk crops like potatoes. Link in earlier post
Glad to see the weather is so pleasant to welcome students (back) to #UniversityOfExeter! Just hope they don’t get too used it - it’s been some combination of torrentially raining and near freezing in the last week alone. Best make the most of the sunny #FreshersWeek I guess. 😎
I got a chance to have a nosy round the #UniversityofExeter's #hydroponic greenhouse yesterday, that grows some food served on campus. Very cool!
https://www.exeter.ac.uk/departments/campusservices/eatandshop/oureffect/kitchengarden/
#SeaLevelRise #ForestFires #TippingPoints
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Thank you, Ruth.
I will read it.
From all I have been reading, my aggregate "gut feeling" is that we still underestimate the rate of #ClimateChange, as well as the interconnectedness of #TriggerPoints:
“Triggering one tipping point 👉could trigger another in a kind of dangerous domino effect👈,” says #TimLenton at the #UniversityOfExeter in the #UK, the report’s lead author.
“But also 👉these tipping points in the Earth...
3.5y funded PhD studentships at #UniversityOfExeter in #UK to work on #aphid immune evolution incl. #Drosophila #Genetics
Application deadline of July 29th!
Please circulate 📣
https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/award/?id=5191eropean
Herring gull chicks would rather have fish than your chips, finds study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/11/herring-gull-chicks-would-rather-have-fish-than-your-chips-finds-study #UniversityofExeter #Animalbehaviour #Environment #Cornwall #Wildlife #Animals #Science #Biology #UKnews #Birds
Herring gull chicks would rather have fish than your chips, finds study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/11/herring-gull-chicks-would-rather-have-fish-than-your-chips-finds-study #UniversityofExeter #Animalbehaviour #Environment #Cornwall #Wildlife #Animals #Science #Biology #UKnews #Birds
It’s a hive of activity on the #UniversityOfExeter campus today. Considering the time of year, that can only mean one thing - open days are upon us!
A huge welcome to all of the potential students and their entourages. I hope you are inspired that same way I was all those years ago when I visited for the first time. I look forward to seeing some of you in the new academic year. 🙂
Research reveals Westminster’s Tudor horse cemetery as likely a resting place for imported elite animals
Three decades ago, an exceptional animal burial ground was unearthed in Westminster, London, serving as the final resting place for exotic horses during the medieval and Tudor eras...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/03/westminsters-tudor-horse-cemetery/
Follow @archaeology
#archaeology #archeology #medieval #archaeologynews #Tudor #westminsterabbey #universityofexeter
#ClimateCrisis #CommunicationsStrategy
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Ruth,
not being a #Climate scientist, I know a bit of controlling and communications strategy.
I think, the issue of the highly complex issue of the interdependent #TippingPoints that #TimLenton at the #UniversityOfExeter summarized* ought to be visualized and controlled (in a management-accounting meaning) for the educated public and politicians.
I believe that a variation of the widely used...
In a groundbreaking revelation, the #UniversityofExeter’s recent study says that engaging in #music throughout #life enhance #brain #health in older #adults.
https://indianf.com/music-instruments-brain-health/#:~:text=In%20a%20groundbreaking%20revelation%2C%20the%20University%20of%20Exeter%E2%80%99s%20recent%20study%20says%20that%20engaging%20in%20music%20throughout%20life%20enhance%20brain%20health%20in%20older%20adults.
Female #MeadowBrownButterflies who develop in warmer weather sport fewer spots on their wings, in an unexpected adaptation to #GlobalHeating.
The discovery was made by #UniversityOfExeter scientists who found that females whose #chrysalises developed at 11C had six spots on average, while those developing at 15C had just three. #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateChange
Meadow brown butterflies ‘adapt’ to global heating by developing fewer spots | #Butterflies
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/18/meadow-brown-butterflies-adapt-to-global-heating-by-developing-fewer-spots
Presentations from @telotadh 's Alex Czmiel, #UniversityOfExeter DH 's Leif Isaksen, @princetoncdh 's Natalia Ermolaev, Data Science Lab of #universityofbern 's Sebastian Flick, @DHLab_IEG @fbncrmr & @ThWuebbena , Digital Humanities Research Hub at SAS's Michael Donnay, & Visual Media Workshop at #UniPittsburgh 's Alison Langmead
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...effect,” says #TimLenton at the #UniversityOfExeter in the #UK, the report’s lead author. “But also 👉these tipping points in the Earth system could, in turn, trigger damaging tipping points in societies,👈 things like food security crises, mass displacement [#ClimateRefugees] and conflicts. Stopping these threats is possible, but it’s going to require urgent global action.”
"...the five major tipping points we are near to crossing are: ...
Sofia Fernandes's 'Navigating Open Research at the University of Exeter' talk from our latest webinar, is now available to watch on our YouTube channel.
From this talk, viewers will understand the challenges and opportunities in open access publishing, including open access charges and strategies to overcome hurdles like predatory publishers.
