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Our current top 4 #NameOurShip suggestions. Have you voted yet? nameourship.nerc.ac.uk/entri…
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We are pleased to announce the name of our new polar research vessel, RRS Sir David Attenborough #NameOurShip
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We are delighted to announce that #BoatyMcBoatface will live on as a high-tech remotely operated undersea vehicle
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#BoatyMcBoatface meet the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Sir David Attenborough.
#newpolarship #RRSSirDavidAttenborough
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NERC-supported institution @SAMSoceannews used satellite data and fieldwork observations to map the spread of algae on the Antarctic coastline.
SAMS findings conclude that the spread of this so-called 'green snow' is increasing with global warming.
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We give you the one, the only, the most awe inspiring #RRSSirDavidAttenborough #newpolarship @KensingtonRoyal @BAS_News @UKRI_News @CammellLaird
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Lockdown's impact on the UK environment is visualised in a series of beautiful infographics by the Natural History Museum, produced through a NERC-funded project.
View them here: orlo.uk/lYr2B @NHM_London
ALT Illustration showing change in animal sightings compared to 2019, including bats (+143%) and butterflies and moths (+97%)
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We'll announce the name of our new polar research vessel in due course. Follow @nercscience for updates #NameOurShip
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First blue whale sighting in English waters: spotted by scientists on board #RRSJamesCook for @codemap2015 expedition
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Once you have set eyes on the RRS Sir David Attenborough, you won't forget her. From rock drills and marine robots to the intriguingly named moon pool, take a closer look at everything the ship has to offer socsi.in/45hqw #Polarship @BAS_News
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Wishing #DavidAttenborough a very happy birthday 🎂 from all at @NERCscience. Here's a little trip down memory lane: the launch of the RRS Sir David Attenborough hull into River Mersey from last July. Thanks for your support and inspiration to so many!
ALT Sir David Attenborough lays the keel on research ship
ALT Sir David Attenborough polar ship ready for launch
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The hull is launched! "Our future, and everyone's, will be affect by what people on this ship will be discovering" @SirDavidBBC #polarship @BAS_News @UKRI_News
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Congratulations to Prof Tamara Galloway, Prof Richard Thompson OBE, Dr Penelope Lindeque, Prof Brendan Godley, Dr Ceri Lewis & Dr Matt Cole winners of the Societal Impact category at the #NERCImpact Awards 2018 bit.ly/2QnCiwC @UniofExeter @PlymUni @PlymUni #microplastics
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Find out about the science that happens on our polar ships bas.ac.uk/polar-operations/s… #NameOurShip #BoatyMcBoatface
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Congratulations to Prof Tamara Galloway, Prof Richard Thompson OBE, Dr Penelope Lindeque, @BrendanGodley, @CezzaLew, Dr Matt Cole OVERALL winners at the #NERCImpact Awards 2018 bit.ly/2QnCiwC @UniofExeter @PlymUni @PlymUni #microplastics
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Our #NameOurShip campaign has now closed. Thank you all for your overwhelming interest and support.
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"I am honoured to be taking up the role of the Director of @BritGeoSurvey. I look forward to joining such a world-renowned organisation and to leading it into its next stage." @k_hanghoj named Director of the British Geological Survey bit.ly/2xtqr8u
#WomenInSTEM
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We’re delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Louise Heathwaite as the new Executive Chair of NERC.
Prof Heathwaite, who's currently Pro-Vice Chancellor Research and Enterprise at @LancasterUni, will take up her new role in March 2024. More: orlo.uk/5RPl2
ALT Professor Louise Heathwaite
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Once you have set eyes on the RRS Sir David Attenborough, you won't forget her. From rock drills and marine robots to the intriguingly named moon pool, take a closer look at everything the ship has to offer socsi.in/ZYKJ9 #Polarship @BAS_News
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UK and USA join forces to understand how quickly a massive Antarctic glacier could collapse bit.ly/2jgqPA4 #ThwaitesGlacier
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Happy International Women's Day!!!! Without the countless contributions from inspirational women throughout history, the face of modern science would never have looked the same! Check out some of their stories: bit.ly/2tq7S65 #IWD2018
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Once you have set eyes on the RRS Sir David Attenborough, you won't forget her. From rock drills and marine robots to the intriguingly named moon pool, take a closer look at everything the ship has to offer.
Find out more about our #NewPolarShip bit.ly/2FPkQ0F
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NERC is investing £1.3 million to engage the UK public on big issues in environmental science. The project will see researchers collaborate with diverse communities on issues in environmental science. bit.ly/2Ifjnn9
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Congratulations to our #NERCImpact Awards 2018 shortlist bit.ly/2PCIBzm 👏🎉👏
The category and overall winner will be announced at a ceremony in London on 3 December.
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"This hull (with my name on it) is the greatest possible honour, I wish everyone huge success when this marvelous ship gets to the Antarctic, {the research} is crucial to the future of all of us" #polarship @BAS_News @CammellLaird @SirDavidBBC
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£200m polar research ship named in honour of Sir David Attenborough bit.ly/1O2egoa #NameOurShip
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Congratulations to Susan Waldron who is joining NERC as Director of Research and Skills
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Introducing our new polar research vessel, the RRS Sir David Attenborough #NameOurShip #polarscience
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Today is the day! The huge hull of our new #polarship the RRS Sir David Attenborough will be in Mersey! Learn more about it here - socsi.in/in_owWg0 and find out how you can watch it live here - socsi.in/JwRME @BAS_News @UKRI_News @beisgovuk @CammellLaird
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Marine robot #BoatyMcBoatface to visit @sciencemuseum
A scale model of the Autosub Long Range (ALR) known as Boaty McBoatface will take centre stage in the Science Museum as part of an exhibition starting this summer #driverless
bit.ly/2VmDFxM
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The Autosub Long Range submarine #BoatyMcBoatface looking at home on the #RRSSirDavidAttenborough #NewPolarShip.
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We want to make it easier for people outside academia to use environmental data – so tell us what you need! Please take our survey by 9 March - bit.ly/2F5XS3e @CEHScienceNews @BAS_News @BritGeoSurvey @NOCnews @innovateuk #environmentaldata #OpenData
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The autonomous sub known as #boatymcboatface @NOCnews has completed its most daring dive yet in the #Antarctic helping @BAS_News scientists understand the Flichner ice shelf #polarstern @AWI_Media. Read about it on BBC: bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…
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Today is the 1st International #LGBTSTEMDay ! A day to recognise and appreciate the contribution of the queer community to STEM! Science is impartial, but people sometimes aren't. We support @PrideinSTEM @OUTinSTEM and others to make STEM a truly inclusive and safe space! 🏳️🌈
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After going missing on Christmas Day five years ago, deep ocean measuring equipment belonging to @NOCnews has just been found on a beach in Tasmania by a local resident after making an incredible 14,000 km journey across the ocean - bit.ly/2QQrhr1
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Thank you so much to all the wonderful scientists, students, comms teams, researchers, puffins, orangutans, crabs, worms and fish that made #UnEarthed2017 such an amazing event! We ❤️❤️❤️ you all
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More than £1bn saved in health costs in one year thanks to pollution removal by plants sco.lt/4vh30z @CEHScienceNews
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2020 is the 200th anniversary of Antarctica's discovery ❄️To mark the occasion, 28 places on the continent have been named in honour of polar scientists and staff, including 27 from the British Antarctic Survey and NERC.
Find out more: ukri.org/news/nerc-scientist…
#AntarcticaWeek
ALT antarctic mountains by sea with floating ice
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Congratulations to Tamara Galloway and her team from University of Exeter on winning the Research Impact award for their work on the devastating effects of #microplastics that helped shape government policy | The Guardian sco.lt/5EpCZV
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Just over two hours until #NHMLates @NHM_London! We have a fantastic evening of environmental science planned 😃🦖🐋🐠🌳🌲🌏🌍🌎🌬✈️🐵⛰🔬🚰💖🛰🚢🍷🥗
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Happy #AntarcticaDay2020! All this week, you can learn about amazing Antarctic research from the warmth of your home with a series of family friendly talks.
Check them out here: orlo.uk/q6clq
@BAS_News
ALT icy outcrops by the sea in Antarctica
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A huge thank you to all the wonderful penguins who joined us today at the #RRSSirDavidAttenborough naming ceremony!
#newpolarship
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This morning, we're at the @sciencemuseum, where #boatymcboatface is acting as an ambassador for underwater #driverless technology
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Tomorrow the #RRSSirDavidAttenborough – one of the most advanced polar research vessels in the world - will be officially named. Watch this time lapse video of her construction #NewPolarShip
Find out more: bit.ly/2lvdA3r
@BAS_News @CammellLaird @beisgovuk
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We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who suggested names, shared tweets & got involved with #NameOurShip
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Did you know the #RRSSirDavidAttenborough is capable of spending 60 days at sea without being refulled allowing her to embark on longer voyages than any other UK polar research vessel. Find out more about the #NewPolarShip bit.ly/2lXdwsJ
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"Even a few years ago, the perception was that plastic pollution was a trivial issue,".
Find out about #NERCImpact winner Prof Tamara Galloway's journey through plastic.
#WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
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From autumn 2019, the RV Polarstern will drift through the Arctic Ocean, locked in the ice, with up to 600 scientists & crew from 17 countries as part of an international effort to better understand the fastest changing environment on earth bit.ly/2MAwUZb #UKinArctic
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We want to make it easier for people outside academia to use environmental data – so tell us what you need! Please take our survey by 9 March - socsi.in/JO6lK @CEHScienceNews @BAS_News @BritGeoSurvey @NOCnews @innovateuk #environmentaldata #OpenData
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Oceans under greatest threat in history, warns Sir David Attenborough theguardian.com/environment/… @BAS_News #microplastic
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The Overall Impact Award went to a team led by Prof Davey Jones @bangorsoil at @BangorUni, at the 2023 NERC Impact Awards.
The award recognises their innovative work on tracing the COVID-19 pandemic via wastewater.
Congratulations to the whole team!
#OurEnvironmentOurFuture
ALT Prof Davey Jones and Prof Louise Heathwaite, at the NERC 2023 Impact Awards.
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What's it like to spend 24 days living on a ship in the Arctic sea ice? ❄️ Graduate student Robbie Mallett shares his experience of a summer school like no other on the @MOSAiCArctic expedition
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Image: Alfred Wegener Institut/Stefan Hendricks, CC-BY4.0
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We are pleased to invite applications for the NERC 2018 Impact Awards🏆. Find out more and apply here: nerc.ac.uk/latest/events/imp… Ooh and please spread the word! #NERCimpact
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University of Stirling to lead £800,000 study into forests and #climatechange stir.ac.uk/news/news-archive… @StirUni @durham_uni @Forest_Research
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Our #NameOurShip site is open for entries! socsi.in/NameOurShip_EX8xr Don't forget you can vote for your fave name.
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Free #flood resources (posters, postcards, social media files) available on the @NERCscience website socsi.in/flooding_84gbX #groundwater
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Congratulations @ed_hawkins on receiving the @royalsociety Kavli Medal for his significant contributions to the understanding of long-term climate change & for active climate #scicomms with broad audiences. royalsociety.org/grants-sche… 🏅🌍 🙌
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Thank you all for supporting our #NameOurShip campaign. The final decision will be announced in due course.
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The next issue of @NERCPlanetEarth will focus on ships – life on a ship, #ScienceAtSea & all things ship-related. We’d like to find out why our vessels are important to our researchers, so let us know! We might even feature your comment in the mag 🚢⚓🛳🌊
DM us your comments
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Huge congratulations to all the winners of the #NERCImpact awards 2018, from uncovering #microplastics and protecting biodiversity in palm oil plantations to the science underpinning a satellite to weigh the world's forests. Read all about it here: nerc.ukri.org/press/releases…
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We’re investing in four new centres for doctoral training to support the next generation of environmental scientists.
More on the centres: orlo.uk/DCGrY
@UniofBath, @unisouthampton, @HeriotWattUni and @uniofleicester
ALT Two female scientists working in a lab.
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From rock drills and #marinerobots to the intriguingly named moon pool, take a closer look at everything the RRS Sir David Attenborough #PolarShip has to offer.
bit.ly/2I7kLXO
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We are delighted to announce our public showcase. Who's coming to see us in Edinburgh this November? #UnEarthed2017 unearthed.nerc.ac.uk
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Work continues on the RRS Sir David Attenborough & Boaty McBoatface gets set to dive! Read more: bit.ly/2miedHN
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A new £290m government investment is set to modernise the UK's Arctic and Antarctic research infrastructure.
Part of a total £670m investment, it will support researchers in answering some of the most important questions facing our planet orlo.uk/sJBbP
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What a wonderful few days we've had in #Birkenhead for the naming of the magnificent #RRSSirDavidAttenborough
Thank you to everyone who made this such a success @KensingtonRoyal @BAS_News @CammellLaird @WirralCouncil @UKRI_News @BAMNuttall @ramboll_uk @RollsRoyceUK
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Seven new research projects are set to bring cutting-edge digital technology to environmental science, helping to manage environmental hazards and increase our understanding of our planet.
Find out more in the thread👇or on our website:
nerc.ukri.org/latest/news/ne…
ALT View of a road winding between hills in the Lake District
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We're so excited to see #RRSSirDavidAttenborough embarking on her first sail! Later today, she'll leave her Merseyside construction yard and make the trip to Holyhead to begin sea trials.
#TheBigSail
Something exciting is happening at Cammell Laird shipyard today... #TheBigSail!
bas.ac.uk/media-post/rrs-sir… #RRSSirDavidAttenborough
@NERCscience @UKRI_News @CammellLaird @beisgovuk @ASollowayUK @KensingtonRoyal
📷 Rich Turner
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Maiden #Antarctic voyage of #BoatyMcBoatface returns unprecedented data socsi.in/6MDnb #UKRoboticsWeek
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Darwin’s finches don’t tell the whole story of avian evolution ucl.ac.uk/news/2019/feb/darw… @UCL @NHM_London @NHM_science
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Are you involved in #envsci research? Are you interested in inspiring families in your science? Would you like to be involved with a project which will engage 100,000 children & adults across the UK? Register your interest now socsi.in/rv9zo
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Looking for environmental science funding? Here's a selection of our open and upcoming calls ⬇️
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Some of the fun at #UnEarthed2017 from day 2 at @ourdynamicearth. We're here until Sunday if you want to pop along!
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We're aware of this email and would like to clarify that it was not sent by NERC and does not reflect our position. UKRI recognises the effect the cost of living is having on students and is looking to see if we can provide further financial support.
NERC just sent an email out recognising that the cost of living increase means its PhD stipend isn't sufficient to live on.
Their solution isn't to increase it, it's to suggest students start selling Avon and sign up to clinical trials...
@ARIES_DTP @UKRI_News @NERCscience
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Today we are also launching a new animation from illustrator Chris Haughton, researcher Emily Shuckburgh and poet Nicola Davies about #ClimateChange in Great Britain at the launch of the second phase of #HayTransMISSION
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NERC in the news: With about a third of the world's population on lockdown, researchers at @BritGeoSurvey are seeing noticeable effects on the amount of vibration - or "seismic noise" - in the earth's crust.
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Congratulations to Professor Tamara Galloway who has been shortlisted in the NERC Impact Awards 2018 for her research into microplastics in the ocean. Find out more about her research bit.ly/2QnCiwC
#NERCImpact #Microplastics
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Happy #PolarPride2021 from everyone at NERC!
@BAS_News @GovBAT @GovSGSSI #LGBTQSTEMDay
📸@griffiths_huw
ALT A seal on ice, overlaid with Pride flag colours. Rainbow text in the top right reads Polar Pride
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Last year's drought and heatwaves could mean fewer butterflies in 2023, new evidence from the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme shows
theguardian.com/environment/…
@UK_CEH @savebutterflies
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Calling citizen scientists! @UK_CEH needs your help with a new project investigating the link between #nature and #wellbeing. #CloseToNature
This project is funded by a NERC #COVID19 urgency grant.
UKCEH
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New research has revealed the first observed reduction in lead concentrations in the surface waters of the seas around Europe since the phasing out of leaded petrol, showing the amazing #impact of environmental science 🌍 #Oceans #environment - bit.ly/2r4iu6R
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Watch the hull-launch of our new #PolarShip RRS Sir David Attenborough at 12:20 pm from vantage points such as Albert Docks and Otterspool in Liverpool or stream via - bit.ly/2ukmTDE #YoE #SummerofEngineering
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Happy Midwinter to all those stationed in Antarctica!
Three BAS Stations (@GovBAT & @GovSGSSI) mark the shortest & darkest day of the year today. Teams in the #Antarctic will take part in sporting events, special meals & exchange handmade gifts. Wishing a Happy #Midwinter to all! bas.ac.uk/media-post/celebra…
📷 Rothera, BAS/Adam Bradley
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In case you were wondering, this is how the NERC logo would float if it was an iceberg (with apologies to our brand manager).
joshdata.me/iceberger.html
#Iceberger @GlacialMeg
ALT Text: iceberger. Draw an iceberg and see how it will float. Inspired by a tweet by @GlacialMeg. Cartoon of an arc-shaped iceberg floating in the ocean with the outer rounded edge emerging from the water and the rest submerged.
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BBC News - Sir David Attenborough launches 'Boaty' polar ship bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…
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NERC stand up and running at #ASDC17 conference at Dynamic Earth #Edinburgh... Watch out for NERC's @DrHannahCollins starring as "Earthy"!
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New international research will boost resilience to hazards such as floods, droughts, storm surges and landslides in South East Asian countries bit.ly/2UpGflY
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Shetland has been hit by at least two more tsunamis in the past 10,000 years than previously thought, and scientists are working to identify where the giant waves originated. Find out more bit.ly/2QFmeHe
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Have you been keeping up with the @SkyUK broadcasts from #Antarctica? This daily blog from Science Correspondent Thomas Moore contains a wealth of fascinating research stories from RSS James Clark Ross and Rothera research station: take a look! @BAS_News
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We've just launched @Operation_Earth with 11 amazing @sciencecentres around the UK nerc.ac.uk/press/releases/20…
@belfastcc @CatalystSDC @myTQG @ourdynamicearth @edenproject @NHM_London @spacecentre @jodrellbank @morethanadodo @Observatory_Sci @thinktankmuseum @beisgovuk @UKRI_News
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Find out what motivates volunteers and scientists to get involved in #citizenscience? bit.ly/2igUzvF #NERCengage
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Hi @TeaCambridges, yes we will be live streaming it here 👉bas.ac.uk/live. Exact timings will be shared via our social media channels on the day.
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