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SEEN 7.10
Flavia Trigo says “I saw an advertisement about a magazine written by ‘young nature lovers’ (as they call themselves), and I thought that perhaps you would be interested on adding it to the next edition of SEEN?! Anyone under 30 years old is invited to write an article about a topic related to nature. You can […]
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SEEN 7.10 Southampton news
‘Meliora’, the second International Student Sustainability Research Symposium will be taking place here at the University of Southampton on 21st April 2017 (find out about the 2016 Symposium: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/sustainabilityaction/symposium/index.page Georgia Harper says, “We are undertaking a Mammal Survey with the Mammal Society between January to July, we are finding a lot of species on both Avenue and Highfield! Follow […]
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SEEN 7.10 Employability
ORCA have opportunities for wildlife officer placements over the summer. Details here http://www.orcaweb.org.uk/get-involved/wildlife-officer-placements Emma Ashby says “I’m running the Reading half marathon in aid of the Born Free foundation in a couple of weeks, after working with them last summer in Africa and being inspired by the dedication to conservation there. They are a really great […]
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SEEN 7.10 Species of the week
As suggested by Frances Mullany, The polka-dot tree frog (firstly, how cool is that name?) from South America has recently been found to fluoresce under UV light. It’s apparently the first time this has been found in amphibians, and the particular fluorescent molecules it uses haven’t been found in animals before at all! http://www.nature.com/news/first-fluorescent-frog-found-1.21616 (thank […]
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SEEN 7.10 – app of the week
Shazam for bird song http://www.chirpomatic.com/
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SEEN 7.9 (by Georgia Hart)
Blue planet 2 coming this autumn http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/blue-planet-2-david-attenborough-bbc-documentary-series-a7589301.html Pilot whale stranding http://www.livescience.com/57841-400-pilot-whales-strand-new-zealand.html Scientists find potential for alien life http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39034050 Lemur facial recognition tool developed http://bmczool.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40850-016-0011-9 The demise of the seal hunting industry http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38894821 Catastrophic coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/24/great-barrier-reef-could-face-another-big-coral-bleaching-event-this-year Reviving woolly mammoths http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170221-reviving-woolly-mammoths-will-take-more-than-two-years Suicidal reproduction in […]
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SEEN 7.9 website of the week
I would recommend subscribing to the MARMAM digest by University of Victoria, BC. They have alerts of new internships/jobs/papers in marine science so would be relevant for undergrads looking for places to collect data for dissertation, or summer internship: https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam
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SEEN 7.9 species of the week
Sparrowhawk: the bird of prey you’re most likely to see in your garden https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bird-and-wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/s/sparrowhawk/
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SEEN 7.9 Southampton News
Darwin club becomes Dawkins club – Neil tells me that the club is now reading the Selfish Gene. There is a facebook group with details, Darwin becomes Dawkins club. SOTSET (Southampton Science & Engineering Festival) – 18th March We are looking for volunteers to help out at the BioBlitz stand on 18th March. This […]
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SEEN 7.9 – Employability
I met a local ecological consultancy at an employability event. They are looking for seasonal bat surveyors (May-September). No previous survey experience is required, full training will be given. It does involve working at unsociable hours, early mornings and late nights. Own transport and full driving license is essential. Hourly rates depend on experience (£8-£10 […]
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