We have had an exciting couple of months at CBESS working on our end of project outputs; a carbon predication tool for ecosystem managers and a complimentary citizen science app.
CBESS: the saltmarsh app
We are an island nation, and yet we know surprisingly little about parts of our coastline. An appeal to ‘citizen scientists’ hopes to put this right by encouraging us to collect information about our salt marshes to fill in the gaps.
University of St Andrews: cultural ecosystem services
Cultural benefits and recreation in the coastal zone: the valuable but awkward cousin in the Ecosystem Services Framework (ESF).
Bangor University: the carbon prediction tool
Over the coming months the CBESS team at Bangor University will be finalising a saltmarsh carbon stock prediction tool to be launched in June alongside ‘The Saltmarsh App’.
Bangor University: science festival
March saw the return of the annual Bangor University Science Festival and this year, CBESS joined forces with the RESILCOAST projectfor an interactive saltmarsh stand in the Hidden Worlds Exhibition.
University of Cambridge: science festival
Once again, CBESS was well represented at the University of Cambridge Science Festival on 12 March 2016, with a wide range of demonstrations on how tides and waves shape the UK coastline.
Winter 2015-16: CBESS’ first data paper published and other news
Bangor University and University of Cambridge have had a very productive winter, in this season’s progress report Bangor are the focus. In the spring we will focus on Cambridge and their experiences of influencing professional stakeholders with CBESS science.
Bangor University: shoreline resistance to erosion
BESS researchers Dr Hilary Ford, Dr Martin Skov and Angus Garbutt have recently published an article in the Journal of Vegetation Science called ‘Soil stabilization linked to plant diversity and environmental context in coastal wetlands’.
Bangor University: Dr Julie Webb
CBESS would like to welcome it’s newest member of the team, Dr Julie Webb of Bangor University.
TREE: Networking our way to better ecosystem service provision
The ecosystem services (EcoS) concept is being used increasingly to attach values to natural systems and the multiple benefits they provide to human societies.