Anson Mackay ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ป๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฏ
Prof @UCLGeography: climate, environment, palaeoecology, freshwaters, botany. Also Higher Ed., Lake Baikal, running & IDE&A he/him Insta: AnsonMackay
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Invasiveness of biofuel crops: implications for energy research and policy in Botswana
(2020). Invasiveness of biofuel crops: implications for energy research and policy in Botswana. South African Geographical Journal. Ahead of Print.
Anson Mackay ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ป๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฏ
Really interesting paper: Invasiveness of #biofuel crops: implications for energy research and policy in Botswana.
Recommendations to @BWGovernment include using indigenous plants with high oil content, and careful screening of species invasive capacity
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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: TIGER in STEMM
Izzy Jayasinghe talks about efforts to change the system for funding research in the UK and make academic culture more inclusive, accessible and diverse.
Anson Mackay ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ป๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฏ
Great interview with @i_jayas about efforts to change the system for funding research in the UK, and how to make academic culture more inclusive, accessible and diverse. Special shout out to @tigerinstemm #lgbtscientist #WomenInSTEM
21h
Walk this way! How to optimise your stride to get the most from your daily stroll
Lockdown has reminded us of the pleasures of walking. But making small changes can boost its benefits to our health, mood and creativity, too
Anson Mackay ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ป๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฏ
Since being ill, Iโve taken to walking at least 1 mile every day, no exception. Itโs been a revelation. By slowing my pace in life Iโve found new enjoyment in my surroundings. And thereโs a huge community of walkers I now see every day. It makes me happy.
22h
Antioxidants from red wine could help cut food waste
The newly-invented nanofiber mats can emit antioxidants for up to 20 days.
Anson Mackay ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ป๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฏ
Seems like an appropriate good news story to end the week with (as I imagine A LOT of red wine is being drunk)
Antioxidants from red wine could help cut food waste...
36h
Off campus
Fighting over students, debts on the rise and little prospect of an early return to normal, will universities survive Covid-19?
Anson Mackay ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ป๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฏ
Brilliant long read on the financial problems facing universities in the coming years, by @xtophercook. I can't remember a time of so much uncertainty. It's clear from the figures, the government should be paying more towards the real cost of research.
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Natural archives of long-range transported contamination at the remote lake Letลกeng-la Letsie, Maloti Mountains, Lesotho
Naturally accumulating archives, such as lake sediments and wetland peats, in remote areas may be used to identify the scale and rates of atmosphericaโฆ
'Baffling' observations from the front line
Doctors on the front lines are observing things that they have never encountered before - and it's a challenge.
Anson Mackay ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ป๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฏ
I hadn't appreciated the huge range of ways that #Covid19 expresses itself as a multisystem disease. This is a great summary
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A consideration of polychlorinated biphenyls as a chemostratigraphic marker of the Anthropocene - Agnieszka Gaลuszka, Zdzisลaw M Migaszewski, Neil L Rose,
Polychlorinated biphenyls, organic pollutants of anthropogenic origin, were widely used in many industrial applications worldwide roughly from the 1930s to the ...
The familiar equation that divides men and women at home
Political leaders love to compare coronavirus to being at war. But what is obvious right now is that this is not like a war in one very important respect: It is destroying the employment of women, writes Annabel Crabb.
MWACHIRO: Time to end LGBTQI invisibility
I lived in that world of silence for many years before I came out as gay.
Abralin ao vivo | David Adger
Em tempos de distanciamento social, a Abralin estรก preparando uma sรฉrie de transmissรตes ao vivo. Acompanhe nossas redes sociais e agende-se!
Mind the gap: 2 metres apart and masked in Hackney โ a photo essay
Gideon Mendel photographed people at Ridley Road food market in Hackney, east London, during the coronavirus lockdown. The red markings on the road were painted by the council to indicate the 2 metres of physical distance that shoppers are advised...
Anson Mackay ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ป๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฏ
This photo essay taken of people in Ridley Road Market is brilliant. Very touching, personal accounts. London really is minding the [2 m] gap
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Dear Liz | A Campaign for Transgender Rights in the UK
This website has been created to help the transgender community and itโs allies, organise a letter writing and media campaign with the aim of informing...
EarthArXiv announces new partnership with California Digital Library to host earth sciences preprint service - Office of Scholarly Communication
The Advisory Council of the EarthArXiv preprint service for earth sciences is pleased to announce a partnership with the California Digital Library (CDL) that will support EarthArXivโs mission, future growth, and long-term sustainability. Core to...
Calling Time on Sexual Misconduct
Calling Time on Sexual Misconduct: best-practice prevention in higher education โข 17-18th June, 2020
How female academics are losing ground during the pandemic
Early analyses suggest that female academics are posting fewer preprints and starting fewer research projects than their male peers.
Carbon dating, the archaeological workhorse, is getting a major reboot
A long-anticipated recalibration of radiocarbon dating could shift the age of some prehistoric samples hundreds of years
How the pandemic threatens Native Americansโand their languages
American Indians face an acute risk from covid-19. The loss of elders is a blow to their cultures
How to use a laser pointer in Zoom
You need to give an online presentation and you want to make sure everyone knows where to look while you're talking. You need a laser pointer! But how can yo...
Hungary: Decision to strip trans people of the right to legal gender recognition is โstep back into the dark agesโ
New legislation will Hungary back towards the dark ages and trample the rights of transgender and intersex people
Anson Mackay ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ป๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฏ
Hungary has just voted to ban the legal recognition of transgender and intersex people. Until its #Article33 is revoked, I definitely won't be travelling to there again. I also fear for my #LGBTI friends that live there.
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