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Category Archives: Communication

Antarctica + climate change + green = media storm

Featuredby Matt Amesbury Leave a comment

Ok, maybe a storm is taking it a smidge too far, but it was at least a strong breeze! In May, we published a paper in Current Biology that showed […]

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Antarctica, Communication, Peatlands

A peatland in Eden

Featuredby Matt Amesbury 1 Comment

Where would your peatland Eden be? A small, secluded peatland nestled into a low saddle of the Japanese Alps? An isolated, hummocky bank of frozen moss surrounded by clattering, cracking […]

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Communication, Coring, Fieldwork

Teignmouth Science Café

July 31, 2014by Matt Amesbury 1 Comment

I have a philosophy in life that if there’s something I want to achieve, but that’s also a bit scary, I’ll just say yes to it without too much thought […]

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Bogology, Communication, Outreach, Peatlands

Jargon busting and press release adjusting

April 30, 2014by Matt Amesbury Leave a comment

In one way or another, since I started my PhD more years ago than I care to remember, NERC (the Natural Environment Research Council) have funded much of my time […]

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Antarctica, Communication, Outreach

Why is communicating climate change science hard?

March 10, 2014by Bethan Davies 26 Comments

Why is science communication hard? Why don’t people blindly accept what scientists tell them? In a time when 97% of climate scientists agree about human-caused climate change[1], why do some […]

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Climate change, Communication, Guest blog, Outreach

Science communication: the power of the internet and the day we went viral

February 6, 2014by Matt Amesbury 3 Comments

On Friday 31st January this year, a mere week ago, but what now seems like another age in our Bogology experience, Tom and I were chatting about the site. Not […]

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Bogology, Communication, Outreach

Life in academia #1: the conference

January 10, 2014by Matt Amesbury Leave a comment

The conference is a key part of academia, a chance for researchers to come together and discuss the latest progress in a given field. A place for new friendships and […]

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Bogology, Communication, Conferences

Bogology – a science without borders!

January 8, 2014by Tom Roland Leave a comment

Peatlands, like all other ecosystems, do not respect international borders and our Bogological studies frequently take us further afield, beyond the shores of our own damp and windy isle. The […]

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Bogology, Communication, Fieldwork, South America

The 12 days of Bogology

December 20, 2013by Matt Amesbury Leave a comment

As a Christmas treat we have remodelled the lyrics of ‘The 12 days of Christmas’ to suit our boggy audience! Each line links to a page where you can find […]

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Bogology, Communication, Outreach

The big picture and little details of Bogology

December 18, 2013by Matt Amesbury Leave a comment

I would be willing to wager a fairly tidy sum of cash that anyone currently working in any academic field is well aware of the word ‘impact’. To obtain the […]

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Bogology, Communication, North America

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