ACROSS the city, scores of scientists are making incredible discoveries and furthering our understanding of the world and all that s in it on a daily basis - but who are they? Well as today marks Women in Science day, we wanted to celebrate those who are making a difference in their fields, and who are also breaking the gender stigmatisms of the past. Set up by the United National back in 2015, February 11 marks the day in which we recognise the critical role women and girls play in science and technology. Here, we profile just some of those making a difference here in Southampton, and ask what motives them to do what they do:
UK students create 3D-printed coral structures that could rebuild world s damaged reefs three.fm - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from three.fm Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Lead organisation: Newcastle University
Integration of repurposed and new/emerging data sources into a state-of-the-art hyper-resolution flood modelling system for near-real-time flood risk assessment.
Delivering enhanced biodiversity information with adaptive citizen science and intelligent digital engagements
Lead organisation: UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Undertaking nowcasting of biodiversity information by combining automated high frequency EO data with integrated species data (presence-absence, plus presence-only citizen science data) to create fine resolution, near real-time species distribution models.
Sentinel treescapes for plant biosecurity and risk management – multiple threats
Lead organisation: Food and Environment Research Agency
A sentinel treescape sensor network for monitoring the health status of trees which will act as an early warning system the movement of current threats and incursion of new threats, and as a blueprint for sentinel treescapes UK
Minería submarina en el monte Tropic: ¿De verdad hay que explotarlo ? eldiario.es - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eldiario.es Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dubbed A68a, the 87-mile-long iceberg broke off of Antarctica back in 2017
Experts tracking its progress expect it to collide with South Georgia in days
It may have major impacts on the local wildlife firstly by scouring the seafloor
Meltwater from the berg will also make the sea directly around it inhospitable
Robots will launch from the RRS James Cook in January to study the effects