Why is an environmental data dashboard like a wheeled suitcase?

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Anyone working in environmental science knows that understanding how the environment is faring, and how this has changed over time, is hugely complicated. Everything is interconnected; a change in one part of an ecosystem can have knock-on impacts elsewhere. Defining …

Hazardous Substances Advisory Committee: Recruiting new members now!

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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is pleased to announce that it is now recruiting new committee members for the Hazardous Substances Advisory Committee (HSAC), a non-statutory, independent scientific advisory body. HSAC provides expert advice on how …

Celebrating women across the Civil Service on Ada Lovelace Day

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Tuesday 12th October 2021 is Ada Lovelace Day, an international day celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering, and maths. It originated as a pledge to write about someone we admire.  Ada (1815-1852), daughter of the mathematician Lady …

World Mental Health Day 2021: Mental Health in an Unequal World

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Each year October 10th marks World Mental Health Day and this year’s theme is Mental Health in an unequal world. Emily Cramphorn, a final year Science and Engineering Fast Streamer, talks about her experience of mental illness and what this …