🆕 Abertay academics have called for global action to tackle the environmental harms of single-use electronics.

Laura Young, Dr Dr Rebecca Wade, and Prof David Lavallee have co-authored a letter in the journal Science, urging reform in the disposable electronics industry.

Is your child aged P1-P7? Do they go to school in Dundee?

We have a fabulous opportunity for nearly all school children in Dundee to receive a FREE FUNDED VISIT to the Dundee Science Centre in the run up to the Summer Holidays!

Find out more here:
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Incoming ICE President, Prof Jim Hall, is looking for six student members on degree apprenticeships, graduate members, or technician members to join him as his Future Leaders and gain an insight into the top of the profession.
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Job alert 🎙️: we're hiring a postdoc, phd, and science manager to work on #city #soundscapes #biodiversity #PublicHealth in Munich, supported by FEdA | Biodiversität erforschen und erhalten. You can still apply to join our transdisciplinary team!
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Is it a penguin or is it a rock? 🐧 Join the count to help us build better conservation data for emperor penguins!

Visit the Polar Observatory on The Zooniverse
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#citizenscience #CallingAllPenguinDetectives

Lovely sunny day in #Dundee 🌞
First a fab Sustainable Dundee network meeting at Campy Growers followed by a quick visit to Dawson Park to see the cherry blossom and topped off with the opening of #kimono V&A Dundee fabulous!
#sunnydundee #cherryblossom

Nominations for nature John Maddox Prize - Standing Up For Science close on 20 May 2024. It recognises researchers who stand up for science & evidence-based policy, advance public discussion around difficult topics, make change in public discourse/policy
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Wonderful to catch up with Steven Rome Heather Anderson @CllrAlexander at the Dundee climate fund celebration event today, hosted at Ninewells Garden with Viola Marx Mary Colvin and supporting the successful project from Abertay University Students' Association Abertay University ... Dundee is a fab collaborative city!

Glasgow Science Festival 2024: Glasgow’s Transforming

hester parr Hayden Lorimer Alec Finlay (dailies) @alecfinlay.bsky.social and LivingLifetoTheFull will be taking part:

How does Light Affect our Lives?

Our event is free: please visit glasgowsciencefestival.org.uk

#GlaSciFest

Heartening research suggests the vast majority of conservation projects deliver significant improvements to nature, biodiversity, and climate resilience. businessgreen.com/news-analysis/… BG+

'Current policies are taking the world to a 2.8 degree temperature rise...that spells catastrophe, yet the collective response remains pitiful.' – António Guterres

There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables

One health, one planet 🌎🌍🦋🏊‍♀️🐧

Escape the vapes: scientists call for global shift to curb consumer use of disposable technologies

Academics from the University are among those to call for worldwide action to halt the environmental threats posed by single-use electronic devices
🔗plymouth.ac.uk/news/escape-th…

🚨 Let's talk about disposable 'fast tech'

In the UK, 5 million vapes are discarded weekly but the ban is a step in the right direction

Better corporate responsibility, recycling infrastructure, & incentives are crucial

The global plastic treaty can guide this #INC4

My 1st first authored publication, and it's in Science Magazine about disposable vapes! An honour to pull this together with leading scientists to discuss the rise of disposable tech!💻♻️❌Dr Rebecca Wade Mark Miodownik Sue Dawson Dr Imogen Napper science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Happy Penguin Day 🐧🐧🐧
#Penguins #penguinday #worldpenguinday
Chinstrap penguin pic taken by me in #Antarctica with Homeward Bound in Nov 2023

Excellent day at the 110th Scottish freshwater group meeting at University of Stirling Scottish Freshwater Group (SFG)
Fab & diverse presentations. Including on the value of water from Sarah Halliday Geography & Environment | University of Dundee, on our warming waterbodies from Dr Linda May UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology & more!
Thank you Kerr Adams & Pauline Lang

Happy Earth 🌍 Day everyone.
Let's all celebrate by making a big effort to look after our precious planet ❤️🌎🦋🌞🌧️🌷🐠
Thanks to Abertay students association for inviting me to talk today.