In August 2013, the CBESS Team began the final push to collect data for the Summer Field Campaign in Morecambe Bay and the Essex Marshes. Conditions were very different to winter with fieldworkers suffering sunburn and dehydration, compared to suspected frost bite!
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CBESS: postgraduate and professional skills development awards
CBESS has just found out that it was successful in it’s application for funding to NERC (National Environmental Research Council).
CBESS-NRW Coastal Workshop
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability in salt marsh to mudflat landscapes.
This workshop is meant as a show and tell, and a view to the future, in regards to research on, and management activities related to, salt marsh to mudflat landscapes; in particular that concerning ecosystem functioning and ecosystem services (human benefits from ecosystems).
BBC Radio Cumbria
Martin Lewes of BBC Radio Cumbria interviews Prof. David Paterson whilst sampling at Cartmel Sands in Morecambe Bay.
CBESS returns to Morecambe Bay
In February, 30 scientists descended on Morecambe Bay to understand how the microbes, plants and animals that live in salt marshes and mudflats contribute to our natural environment, economy and society. At the end of July, they will return to collect and measure more samples.
INTERCOL 2013
The Cambridge Coastal Research Unit (University of Cambridge) will be presenting preliminary findings of their measurements at the INTECOL 2013 conference in London on Wednesday 21st August in the session on Marine Ecology with an oral presentation on “Dynamics of the coastal protection service of salt marshes across a UK west coast – east coast gradient”.
Café Scientifique
On Wednesday 7th August, one of the CBESS researchers will be presenting at Café Scientifique in Lancaster. Join us at the The Robert Gillow Pub at 7:30pm.
CBESS: science site visit
Stakeholders (Natural England, RSPB and Environment Agency) will be attending a sampling open day in Morecambe Bay on Tuesday 6th August. They will meet the researchers that are collecting data on the salt marshes and mudflats.
Radio 4: shared planet
How much is a honey bee worth? Can you put a price tag on a mountain?
CBESS at the University of St Andrews was interviewed by Radio 4’s Shared Planet to provide an insight into how researchers in the UK are trying to understand the value of Britain’s mudflats and salt marshes.
CBESS: Cai Ladd appointed
Cai Ladd is joining the CBESS community as a PhD student supervised by Dr Martin Skov (Bangor University) Dr Jaco Bas (Centre for Catchment and Coastal Research) and Dr Dei Huws (Bangor University).