Consultation on proposal to merge BAS and NOC September 11, 2012

NERC is undertaking a consultation exercise on a proposal to merge two of its centres: the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the National Oceanography Centre (NOC).

NERC considers combined management of polar and marine science June 7, 2012

NERC is considering a merger of the scientific and logistics management of marine and polar science delivered through its National Oceanography Centre and British Antarctic Survey.

Arctic study of ocean acidification impacts May 31, 2012

Scientists will set sail tomorrow aboard the RRS James Clark Ross for the largest ever study of changing carbon dioxide levels in polar seas.

Scientists to study risks of ocean acidification to Scotland's corals May 15, 2012

Scientists set off on a month-long research voyage in the waters around Scotland using the latest robotic technology to study the Mingulay cold-water coral reefs.

Ocean Acidification annual science meeting 2012 February 3, 2012

The second UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme annual science meeting will be taking place at the University of Exeter on 16-18 April 2012.

Huge pool of Arctic fresh water could cool Europe January 23, 2012

British scientists have discovered an enormous dome of fresh water in the western Arctic Ocean, which could cool Europe if the wind changes direction.

Shelf Sea Biogeochemistry Research Programme timetable September 21, 2011

NERC and Defra would like to announce the indicative timing of some key dates for the Shelf Sea Biogeochemistry Research Programme.

Dramatic ocean circulation changes revealed January 14, 2011

New research shows that as the last Ice Age came to an end, the formation of deep water in the Northeast Atlantic repeatedly switched on and off, causing centuries of climate warming and cooling.

Expedition to trace ocean's vital nutrients October 8, 2010

A new scientific expedition sets sail for the South Atlantic on 17 October to investigate the 'micronutrient' metals which are vital to marine life and affect global climate.

Marine Renewable Energy sandpit: Call for participants September 1, 2010

NERC invites expressions of interest to attend a 3-day sandpit event on understanding the environmental benefits and risks of up-scaling marine renewable energy schemes.

NERC Polar science

Consultation on proposal to merge BAS and NOC September 11, 2012

NERC is undertaking a consultation exercise on a proposal to merge two of its centres: the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the National Oceanography Centre (NOC).

Antarctic Logistic Support - 4 December 2012 standard grant round July 5, 2012

The call is open for 'Preliminary Request for Antarctic Logistic Support' forms to be submitted by all applicants requesting BAS Antarctic Logistics Support.

Expansion of forests in the European Arctic could result in the release of carbon dioxide June 18, 2012

Carbon stored in Arctic tundra could be released into the atmosphere by new trees growing in the warmer region, exacerbating climate change, scientists have revealed.

NERC considers combined management of polar and marine science June 7, 2012

NERC is considering a merger of the scientific and logistics management of marine and polar science delivered through its National Oceanography Centre and British Antarctic Survey.

Arctic study of ocean acidification impacts May 31, 2012

Scientists will set sail tomorrow aboard the RRS James Clark Ross for the largest ever study of changing carbon dioxide levels in polar seas.

Science Minister returns from fact-finding visit to Antarctica March 5, 2012

Hear directly from David Willetts about his experiences whilst visiting the British Antarctic Survey's Rothera base.

Collaborative Gearing Scheme February 16, 2012

The call is open for applications to the Collaborative Gearing Scheme, for projects that request Antarctic fieldwork during the 2012-13 season.

Antarctic Logistic Support - July 2012 grant round February 15, 2012

The call is open for 'Preliminary Request for Antarctic Logistic Support' forms to be submitted by all applicants requesting BAS Antarctic Logistics Support.

NERC's Arctic research base February 14, 2012

Applications are being accepted to access the NERC Arctic research station during the 2012 summer season.

UK Antarctic Science meeting 2012 February 13, 2012

The British Antarctic Survey is organising a UK Antarctic Science meeting, to be held in Cambridge on 12-14 September 2012.

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3D model reveals how ancient creature got around May 24, 2012

An ancient four-limbed creature that's thought to be the first ever to walk on land couldn't actually walk at all, researchers have discovered.

Dwindling green pastures, not hunting, may have killed off the mammoth August 18, 2010

The findings of a new study challenge the theory that human beings were the primary cause of the extinction of mammals such as the woolly mammoth.

Stone Age remains are Britain's earliest house August 10, 2010

Archaeologists working at a site in North Yorkshire say it contains Britain's earliest surviving house, dating back to at least 8,500 years BC.

Valuation of Natural Resources and Biodiversity August 11, 2008

NERC invites tenders to undertake scoping studies that will provide a review of the state of the science regarding the valuation of biodiversity and natural resources. The outputs will inform the development of detailed plans for research activities in the 2009 Theme Action Plans.

EFCHED end of programme event November 22, 2006

Results from the EFCHED end of programme event were discussed in November 2006 at the British Museum, London, at a science conference and a public day.

Science may hold the clue to an ancient riddle April 28, 2006

A project to enhance carbon dating accuracy and the remains of an olive tree may help resolve the chronology of ancient Greece.

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Announcement of Opportunity: Variability in the South Asian Monsoon May 20, 2013

Outline bid proposals are invited for research on drivers of variability in the South Asian Monsoon, as part of a major new collaborative research programme between NERC and the Ministry of Earth Sciences, India.

Changes to responsive mode peer review May 16, 2013

NERC is making changes to its peer review processes to strengthen and streamline the assessment of responsive mode grants and increase community confidence in the process.

Announcement of Opportunity: Tree Health and Plant Biosecurity Initiative - Phase 2 May 8, 2013

Proposals are invited for the joint strategic research Living With Environmental Change initiative to focus on the area of tree health and associated plant biosecurity issues.

BIOMASS mission given go ahead to launch in 2020 May 7, 2013

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Earth Observation Programme Board has today given the go-ahead for a new 400m Earth Observation mission.

Announcement of Opportunity: Industrial CASE Studentships May 7, 2013

The 2013 NERC Industrial CASE Studentship Competition is now open. NERC, BBSRC, MRC and STFC are now working together on Industrial CASE Studentships, with a common closing date for all competitions.

NERC Environmental Data April 19, 2013

NERC is inviting applications for projects of up to four months which consider the use of NERC environmental data in the development of applications, products and services.

Additional Doctoral Training Partnership FAQs April 17, 2013

We have updated the Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) frequently asked questions document. The new FAQs relate to the DTP Partner forms and DTP financial profiling.

Research Grants and Fellowships Handbook update April 12, 2013

A new version of the NERC Research Grants and Fellowships Handbook has been published.

Changes to the eligibility criteria for New Investigator grants April 12, 2013

Changes have been made to the eligibility criteria for principal investigators for New Investigator grants.

Call for NERC Independent Research Fellowships April 12, 2013

The next call for NERC Independent Research Fellowships will be 1 October 2013.

NERC Science impacts news

The app that puts soil on the map June 15, 2012

Scientists have produced a new free map app of the soils of Great Britain. The mySoil app will be useful to farmers and keen gardeners who can upload information about the soil where they live.

Policy internships for NERC funded PhD students May 24, 2012

Applications are invited for the 2012-13 NERC PhD policy internship scheme, for students to spend three months working in a policy research office.

Follow-on Fund May 18, 2012

NERC is pausing the Follow-on Fund during the summer of 2012. This means the round with a closing date of 6 June will no longer be held. The funding situation will be reviewed later in the year.

Policy placement secondment opportunity: NERC and Environment Agency May 17, 2012

Applications are invited for a nine-month policy placement secondment opportunity based in the Environment Agency in Bristol to work on the use of transient and steady state climate change information to improve decision-making for climate change adaptation.

Announcement of Opportunity: Collaboration with business and the third sector in ecosystem services May 4, 2012

The Natural Environment Research Council has launched a call for internships, inviting existing researchers to apply for projects of between one and six months, based in businesses and third sector organisations.

Marks and Spencer NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellow May 1, 2012

NERC, in partnership with Marks and Spencer, is looking to recruit a Knowledge Exchange Fellow tasked with matching their sustainable business needs with the UK science base.

Policy placement secondment opportunity: Resource Recovery From Waste and WReSCE April 25, 2012

Applications are invited for a new policy placement secondment opportunity based in Defra to work with the NERC Resource Recovery From Waste research programme and the collaborative Waste, Resources and Sustainable Consumption Evidence programme.

Policy placement secondment opportunity: Defra January 19, 2012

Applications are invited for a new policy placement secondment opportunity to be based within Defra's Atmospheric and Local Environment (ALE) programme.

Announcement of Opportunity: Follow-on Fund December 19, 2011

Applications are invited to the February 2012 round of the Follow-on Fund.

Win for young entrepreneurs December 9, 2011

After an intense competition, a team of four budding environmental research entrepreneurs from the University of East Anglia have emerged as the winners of this year's Environment Young Entrepreneurs Scheme.

Geology.com

Damaging Ice on the Yukon River May 20, 2013

Large slabs of ice pushed onto land along the Yukon River have pushed buildings from foundations and a fear of flooding has forced evacuations.

Traffic Jams and Trash on Everest May 20, 2013

An article on NationalGeographic.com explains how the popularity of “climbing Everest” has resulted in inexperienced climbers creating traffic jams on the mountain and littering the landscape. Ways to reverse this are explored.

Ancient African Coins and the History of Australia May 20, 2013

Five copper coins about 1000 years old found on a beach by an Australian soldier during WWII may be strong evidence that ships from distant lands reached Australia hundreds of years earlier than what is written in history books.

The Orphan Tsunami of 1700 May 20, 2013

Smithsonian.com has an article about Japan’s Orphan Tsunami (“orphan” because it was then unlinked to any earthquake) and how it was connected to an earthquake on the Cascadia Subduction Zone.

How Big Was the Bingham Canyon Landslide? May 20, 2013

An article in the Salt Lake City Tribune compares the landslide at the Bingham Canyon copper mine to other large landslides that have occurred during recorded history. Related: World’s Largest Landslide

Precambrian Water? May 20, 2013

Researchers have recovered water from a depth of 2.4 km in the Canadian shield with an age of 1.5 billion years.

Large Impact on the Moon May 19, 2013

“For the past 8 years, NASA astronomers have been monitoring the Moon for signs of explosions caused by meteoroids hitting the lunar surface. [...] They’ve just seen the biggest explosion in the history of the program.”

Arkansas Shale Gas and Water Quality May 19, 2013

“A new study by scientists at Duke University and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) finds no evidence of groundwater contamination from shale gas production in Arkansas.” Quoted from the Duke University press release.

Melting Glaciers and Sea Level Rise May 19, 2013

“While 99 percent of Earth’s land ice is locked up in the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, the remaining ice in the world’s glaciers contributed just as much to sea rise as the two ice sheets combined from 2003 to 2009.” Quoted from the University of Colorado Boulder press release.

Peer Review and Climate Change May 19, 2013

An article on The Guardian website reports that 97% of peer-reviewed papers support a human cause for global climate change.

Nationale Science Foundation

National Science Foundation-Funded Researchers Present Commercial-Ready Technologies to Industry May 20, 2013

For the first time in a national showcase setting, a group of National Science Foundation (NSF) grantees--who are funded through the Accelerating Innovation Research (AIR) program--presented to industry representatives various technologies they believe are ready for commercialization.On May 14 in Baltimore, Md., 10 investigators, whose research support came […]

Two-month Time-lapse Video of Antarctic Ice Goes Viral May 16, 2013

Cassandra Brooks is a Stanford University doctoral student with the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources.She spent two months in 2013 aboard the National Science Foundation-operated icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer as part of a research cruise investigating the role of dissolved organic carbon in the Ross Sea ecosystem.She--and a video […]

Scientists Discover Oldest Evidence of Split Between Old World Monkeys and Apes May 15, 2013

Two fossil discoveries from the East African Rift reveal new information about the evolution of primates, according to a paper published this week in the journal Nature.Findings by scientists at Ohio University's (OU) Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and colleagues document the oldest fossils of two major groups of primates: the group that today […]

University of Chicago Launches Bionimbus Protected Data Cloud to Analyze Cancer Data May 15, 2013

The University of Chicago launched the first secure cloud-based computing system that enables researchers to access and analyze human genomic cancer information without the costly and cumbersome infrastructure normally needed to download and store massive amounts of data. The Bionimbus Protected Data Cloud, as it is called, enables researchers who are author […]

Human Disease Leptospirosis Identified in New Species, the Banded Mongoose, in Africa May 14, 2013

The newest public health threat in Africa, scientists have found, is coming from a previously unknown source: the banded mongoose.Leptospirosis, the disease is called. And the banded mongoose carries it.Leptospirosis is the world's most common illness transmitted to humans by animals. It's a two-phase disease that begins with flu-like symptoms. If […]

Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Seed Dispersal, Environmental Conditions Matter in African Forests May 14, 2013

Nouabale-Ndoki National Park is a tree-dotted enclave in Central Africa's Republic of Congo. Heavy logging surrounds the park, but it still has one of the largest intact forests in Africa. In recognition, it recently became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Trees--thousands of them--make up a forest. How did Nouabale-Ndoki's trees become so numerous, an […]

Math Institute Serves as Bridge for Pure and Applied Mathematics May 14, 2013

For a time, many people believed that the world of pure math, which involves solving problems in the abstract, was distinct from that of applied math, which uses math to solve real world problems, such as in engineering, and relies more heavily on the use of computers.The perception of the pure mathematician was of someone with a pencil and paper, proving a […]

Where, When Will Thunderstorms Strike Colorado's Front Range, Adjacent Great Plains? May 13, 2013

To better predict where and when spring thunderstorms rip across Colorado's Front Range and the adjacent Great Plains, researchers are launching a major field project this week with high-flying aircraft and fine-grained computer simulations. The month-long study could point the way to major improvements in lead times for weather forecasts during what ha […]

Challenges of Landing "Curiosity" on Mars May 13, 2013

On May 16, the Directorate for Engineering at the National Science Foundation will host a Distinguished Lecture on the challenges of landing the rover, "Curiosity," on Mars.Charles Elachi, director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, will discuss the intricate technical challenges and engi […]

National Science Foundation Statement By Acting Director Cora B. Marrett on the National Strategy for the Arctic Region May 10, 2013

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is pleased to have participated in the development of the new National Strategy for the Arctic Region. The release of the Arctic Strategy is timely and builds upon existing governmental collaborations to identify and address ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127916&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ […]

Survival International

Awá woman’s death highlights government neglect May 17, 2013

Ajrua Awá's death is a huge loss to her community© D Pugliese/ SurvivalAn Awá woman has died of an easily treatable disease, despite the Brazilian government receiving funds from a mining company for the tribe’s care. Ajrua Awá was 40 years of age and the mother of five children, the youngest 10 years old. Her death is a huge loss to her community of Aw […]

Guatemala’s former dictator convicted of genocide May 15, 2013

Thousands of indigenous people in Guatemala were tortured or killed during the military dictatorship of José Efrain Ríos Montt.© Survival InternationalA former general who presided over a reign of terror in Guatemala during the 1980s has been convicted of genocide. During the military dictatorship of José Efrain Ríos Montt, around 200,000 people, almost all […]

Brazilian Indians forced to leave mega-dam site May 13, 2013

Amazon Indians have been protesting against Belo Monte for years© Marcello Casal Jr/ABrThe Brazilian authorities have evicted Indians from the Belo Monte dam site, where they were protesting for their land rights. Representatives of eight tribes had been occupying the area, demanding that the government respect their right to their ancestral land and to be c […]

Landmark operation evicts illegal ranchers from Yanomami land May 10, 2013

The Yanomami are celebrating the start of an operation to remove illegal ranchers from their land© Fiona Watson/SurvivalThe Brazilian authorities have begun an operation to remove eleven illegal ranches from the Yanomami territory in Brazil, and return the land to the Indians. At least three of the ranches, in the region of Ajarani, have been closed down so […]

Awá's plight reaches top human rights watchdog May 7, 2013

The Americas' leading human rights body has been called upon to save the Awá, Earth's most threatened tribe, from illegal invaders on their land.© SurvivalThe Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the Americas’ leading human rights body, has received an urgent petition from Survival International and Brazilian indigenous rights organiz […]

Survival launches tourism boycott of India’s Andaman Islands April 30, 2013

Still of video showing Jarawa girls forced to dance for tourists.© AnonSurvival International has today launched a tourism boycott of India’s Andaman Islands, until the degrading practice of ‘human safaris’ to the 400-strong Jarawa tribe is stopped. The tribal rights organization is calling on the 200,000 tourists visiting the islands every year to stay away […]

'Lost' report exposes Brazilian Indian genocide April 25, 2013

Umutima shaman in 1957. In 1969 most of the Umutima were wiped out by a flu epidemic. © José Idoyaga/SurvivalA shocking report detailing horrific atrocities committed against Brazilian Indians in the 1940s, 50s and 60s has resurfaced – 45 years after it was mysteriously ‘destroyed’ in a fire. The Figueiredo report was commissioned by the Minister of the Inte […]

Worldwide protests demand protection for Peru's uncontacted tribes April 23, 2013

Protesters in London wearing gas masks and carrying placards to symbolize the lethal effects of the Camisea project on Peru's uncontacted tribes.© SurvivalSurvival International supporters held worldwide protests outside Peruvian embassies and consulates in London, San Francisco, Berlin, Madrid and Paris today, calling for an end to the deadly expansion […]

Indonesian military ‘development’ program spreads fear in West Papua April 22, 2013

The military presence in West Papua is almost always accompanied by human rights violations such as killings, arbitrary arrests, rape and torture. © Survival InternationalPapuan leaders have voiced their concern at plans for more than a thousand Indonesian soldiers to build 1,500 km of new roads in the next two years to accelerate ‘development’ in West Papua […]

Brazilian Indians occupy Congress in land protest April 19, 2013

Brazilian Indians protest in Congress against constitutional amendments© José Cruz/ABrAs Brazil marks its annual ‘Day of the Indian’ today, hundreds of Brazilian Indians of various tribes invaded and occupied part of the country’s Congress this week, to protest at attempts to change the law regarding their land rights. The Indians are outraged about a propos […]

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