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 Dam a River - Change the WeatherMost of the water that we use comes from reservoirs. These artificial lakes are often created by damming a river then simply tapping the water off. Simple as this sounds though, there are environmental consequences, including an effect on the local weather... Dr. Faisal Hossain, Tennessee Technological UniversityFebruary 2010 |
 WATCHing Water and Global ChangeRichard Harding explains how the WATer and global CHange Network, WATCH, is setting about monitoring how water usage and climate change will effect availability of water in the future...Dr Richard Harding, Centre for Ecology and HydrologyFebruary 2010 |
 Wind Power in the AntarcticMeera Senthilingam explores how wind turbines can be designed to withstand the cold temperatures of Antarctica in order to reduce the consumption of diesel fuel at research stations...Johan Stander, University of StellenboschFebruary 2010 |
 Lets Go Fly a Turbine...Pierre Rivard explains how inflatable wind trubines could help us harness the great winds we see at high altitudes...Pierre Rivard, Magenn PowerFebruary 2010 |
 Wind turbines inspired by WhalesProfessor Frank Fish explains how a sculpture of a humpback whale triggered a whole new design for wind turbines...Professor Frank Fish, West Chester UniversityFebruary 2010 |
 What can satellites reveal about earthquakes?James Jackson explains how satellites can look for changes in landscapes following earthquakes. Spotting patterns in the activity could provide a means to predict future events...Professor James Jackson, Cambridge UniversityFebruary 2010 |
 How Safe is our Mineral Water?Martin Wagner explains how his team have been looking into the release of oestrogen-like chemicals from in our mineral water...Marin Wagner, University of FrankfurtFebruary 2010 |
 Keeping our Rivers Clean at the Sewage Treatment WorksMeera Senthilingam gets her hands wet and dirty this week to see how the river Cam is kept clean...Sara Rowland and Nicola Marvin, Anglian WaterFebruary 2010 |
 Oestrogen in the WaterHow do hormones, like oestrogen, affect aqatic ecosystems? Professor Karen Kidd explains more...Professor Karen Kidd, University of New BrunswickFebruary 2010 |
 Geology of a Natural DisasterWe discover the geology behind the recent devastating earthquake in Haiti...Dr Paul Mann, University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of GeosciencesJanuary 2010 |
 Analysing Acoustics and the "Cocktail Party Effect""The train standing at platform mgph is the phuy-hfgjy to mmughpyhmm..." We meet a sound simulation system that can improve the clarity of railway station announcements and recreate the "cocktail party effect" to help build better hearing aids...Jens Holger Rindel, Odeon A/S and Jorg Buchholz, Technical University of DenmarkJanuary 2010 |
 Sculpting MarsDr Matt Balme dicusses the changes that sculpt the surface of Mars...Dr Matt Balme, Open UniversityNovember 2009 |
 Monitoring the Greenland Ice SheetsThe melting of the Greenland Ice Sheets is accelerating and Jonathan Bamber discusses the evidence...Jonathan Bamber, Bristol UniversityNovember 2009 |
 This Week in Science History - Mr TornadoThis week in Science History saw the birth of Tetsuya Fujita, also known as Ted and ‘Mr Tornado’. Fujita dedicated his life to studying tornadoes and related weather phenomena and he lends his name to the Fujita scale, which describes the intensity of a tornado by how much damage it causes. Sarah Castor-Perry explains more...Sarah Castor-PerryOctober 2009 |
 Continental Collisons and Carbon DioxideThe processes that make mountains, plate tectonics, may also have given rise to the current ice age. Dennis Kent explains more...Dr Dennis Kent, Rutgers UniversityOctober 2009 |
 Trekking to Everest Base CampBen Valsler speaks to Laura Soul about how her body responded to her trek up to Everest Base Camp, including exerts from her audio diary...Laura SoulOctober 2009 |
 The Effects of AltitudeLaura Soul investigates the effects of reaching high altitudes with Andrew Murray...Dr Andrew Murray, Cambridge UniversityOctober 2009 |
 Protection from FloodingOne of the aims of Researchers’ Night all across Europe is to put people in touch with researchers whose work could directly affect their lives. Dr Nick Odoni is a very good example of this as his research looks at ways to mitigate and avoid flooding...Dr Nick Odoni, Durham UniversitySeptember 2009 |
 Looking For North Sea Oil in SpainHow can studying rocks in Spain tell us where to drill for North Sea oil? Durham University PhD student Jo Morris explains to Meera...Jo Morris, Durham UniversitySeptember 2009 |
 Aphids and PesticidesAlso in the news this week - an international consortium of Aphid researchers have been studying the newly decoded aphid genome, due to be published later this year, with a view to developing better pesticides that will not let the aphids develop resistance...Professor Lin Field & Professor Kim Hammond-Kosak, Rothamsted ResearchSeptember 2009 |
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