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Biological sciences

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Earth Day with Louder Than Words

Earth Day with Louder Than Words

To mark Earth Day we've been looking at the archive of interviews which make up the Louder Than Words Podcast. As we celebrate the global efforts being taken to protect and restore the planet, we look back to recognise the substantial role that Essex researchers have had in advancing knowledge of our ecosystem and fostering positive change within academia and influencing wider environmental policy.

Savanna Rayment

22 April 2024

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Dr Roger Roberts 1938 – 2023

Dr Roger Roberts was a member of the Department of Chemistry at the University of 'Essex from the mid-1960s through to the 1990s.

Ben Hall

22 January 2024

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Unlock the Wonders of STEM Learning with O'Reilly for Higher Education

Unlock the Wonders of STEM Learning with O'Reilly for Higher Education

There are thousands of online resources, apps and research tools available to assist your studies or research in STEM subjects, but where do you start, and which resources are reliable?

Greg Cadge, Danilo Petti

04 January 2024

Vlog

Chips Off the Old Block: How Marine Larvae and Glues Have Human Uses

Chips Off the Old Block: How Marine Larvae and Glues Have Human Uses

Nick Aldred speaks to Jules Pretty about his work.

Professor Jules Pretty, Nick Aldred

04 April 2023

Podcast

Good Bugs Bad Bugs

Join Terry McGenity and Corinne Whitby in conversation with Jules Pretty on the worlds of microbes in oceans, in soils and in the air, and how microbes can be deployed in new ways to clean up pollution and improve the environment. Terry McGenity and Corinne Whitby are in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Essex.

Professor Jules Pretty

09 March 2023

Podcast

Louder Than Words: Saving The Seas

Louder Than Words: Saving The Seas

Professor Jules Pretty investigates the the double crisis facing our seas - the climate crisis and the threat to biodiversity. He speaks to Dr Michelle Taylor and Dr Natalie Hicks 0the School of Life Sciences at Essex and Simon Walmsley from WWF-UK who also studied at Essex. He also chats to writer and BBC presenter Tom Heap about his new book 39 Ways to Save the Planet.

Professor Jules Pretty

09 December 2021

Podcast

The Louder Than Words Podcast Episode One: Climate Change

The Louder Than Words Podcast Episode One: Climate Change

Professor Jules Pretty and journalist Martha Dixon, talk to some of the world’s leading climate experts about their work to fight climate change and to those who use this research to influence policy and engage the public. Contributors include writer and poet Andri Snaer Magnasson; Dr Michelle Taylor and Professor Graham Underwood from the University of Essex; CEO of the UK’s World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) Tanya Steele; environmentalist and company director Simon Lyster and young activist Hattie who is a WWF Youth Ambassador.

Professor Jules Pretty

29 April 2021

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Coronavirus: four issues that have limited testing in the UK

Coronavirus: four issues that have limited testing in the UK

There is spare testing capacity. Why isn't it being used?

Professor Gina Reinhardt, Dr Jeremy Rossman, Professor Diana Bell

04 May 2020

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