Antarctica + climate change + green = media storm
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 […]
Category Archives: Communication
A peatland in Eden
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 […]
Teignmouth Science Café
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 […]
Jargon busting and press release adjusting
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 […]
Why is communicating climate change science hard?
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 […]
Science communication: the power of the internet and the day we went viral
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 […]
Life in academia #1: the conference
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 […]
Bogology – a science without borders!
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 […]
The 12 days of Bogology
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 […]
The big picture and little details of Bogology
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 […]
