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On land, life is almost completely dependent on photosynthesis. Plants utilize carbon dioxide and...
Biology, Chemistry

The deep sea is completely dark – How does life thrive there without photosynthesis?

Author Henrike Wilborn Date April 15, 2020
Henrike Wilborn
Tagged Chemosynthesis, Deep sea, Extreme environments, Ocean, Seafloor hydrothermal systems | Leave a comment |
Every 3.2 seconds another person gets dementia! The most common form of dementia, up...
Biology, Health

Can we detect Alzheimer’s disease earlier?

Author Samaneh Abolpour Mofrad Date December 13, 2019
Samaneh Abolpour Mofrad
Tagged Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Machine Learning, Mild Cognitine Impairment | Leave a comment |
Water is essential for life. It is a critical resource to be preserved and...
Biology, Chemistry, Climate, Earth, Sea, Systems

Nature’s water purifier: Surface water-groundwater interactions

Author Reynold Chow Date October 29, 2018
Reynold Chow
Tagged Earth Surface Dynamics, groundwater, hyporheic exchange, micro-plastics, River dynamics, river pollutants, surface water-groundwater interactions | Leave a comment |
Shrub encroachment is threatening the livelihoods of billions of people world-wide. This is the...
Biology, Climate, Land

Shrub encroachment – time to demystify a global threat

Author Gregor Ratzmann Date June 14, 2016
Gregor Ratzmann
Tagged East African Summer School, Ecosystems, savanna, shrub encroachment | Leave a comment |
More than 70% of our planet is covered by water but we still know...
Biology, Climate

Do the oceans hide the key to eternal life?

Author Sofia Paraskevopoulou Date May 13, 2016
Sofia Paraskevopoulou
Tagged East Africa Summer School, parthenogenesis, resting eggs, zooplankton | Leave a comment |
Elephants are a key species in ecological systems: they can cause considerable changes to...
Biology

Are watering points a focus for elephant damage to woody plants?

Author Jacob Ngatia Date May 5, 2016
Jacob Ngatia
Tagged Elephant damage, Watering points, Woody plants | Leave a comment |
Figure 1: Grand Prismatic Hot Spring, Yellowstone National Park. Microorganisms inhabit this extreme environment...
Biology, Climate, Earth, Outreach, People

Extreme superbugs are revolutionizing our understanding of life on Earth

Author André Friese Date April 12, 2016
André Friese
Tagged Deep Biosphere, Early Life on Earth, Microorganisms | Leave a comment |
Professor Martin H. Trauth is an earth scientist at the University of Potsdam in...
Biology, Climate, Earth, Outreach, People

Collecting, processing and presenting information: summer schools in East Africa

Author SciSnack Date April 5, 2016
SciSnack
Tagged east africa, outreach bio-geo-science, presentation skills, summer school, transferrable skills | Leave a comment |
Is mowing the lawn destined to become a thing of the past? (Photography by...
Biology, Climate, Land, Society

Lazy lawn? Not in my back yard!

Author Richard Beason Date March 1, 2016
Richard Beason
Tagged Artificial grass, biodiversity loss, gardens, greenwash, lazy lawns | Leave a comment |
In the second annual UEA Xmas SciSnack group post, we have chosen to explore...
Air, Biology, Climate, Culture, Life, People, Sea, Society

Disastrous Disaster Movies

Author ClimateSnack UEA Date December 17, 2015
ClimateSnack UEA
Tagged atmosphere, Climate, movies, Ocean, Weather | 1 Comment |
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