Tag: NERC

NERC is transitioning its funding of atmospheric science infrastructure to exploit more flexible, scalable and sustainable technologies. The Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM), funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and operated by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), will cease operations at the end of this financial year. Following review, NERC has concluded that the aircraft no longer offers value for money to the public because of a significant increase in costs and low planned utilisation. Future atmospheric requirements In August 2001, the FAAM was established by NERC, the UK Met Office, and the UK…

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A new gallery, co-funded by NERC, has welcomed more than two million visitors since opening at the Natural History Museum (NHM) in April last year. Fixing Our Broken Planet is now the museum’s second most visited space, after the iconic dinosaur exhibits. With projections of 2.5 to three million visitors in its first year, the gallery is proving to be a major success in engaging the public with environmental science. Professor Louise Heathwaite, Executive Chair of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), said: The popularity of the Fixing Our Broken…

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12 projects have been launched to explore the gaps and improve integration between the financial system and biodiversity. The new projects are part of the first phase of the ‘integrating biodiversity into finance: building a nature-positive future’ initiative and will start in 2023. The longer-term aim is to build a multi-stakeholder community that can drive the development of knowledge, tools and a skilled community to incorporate reporting biodiversity for all business sectors. Embedding biodiversity into finance The purpose is to foster a holistic approach to develop the solutions needed to…

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The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has appointed Freshwater Quality Champions to lead a new programme that will study water quality of UK rivers. Professor Pippa Chapman and Professor Joseph Holden, both from the University of Leeds, will lead the four-year Understanding changes in quality of UK freshwaters programme. Research funded by the programme will address a significant gap in our understanding of how pollutants enter, transform and interact within rivers, and with the ecosystems that rivers support. Understanding river ecosystems Professor Pippa Chapman is a leading soil scientist and…

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