Today is #WorldWaterDay . Freshwater habitats, inc #floodplainmeadows , are a vital part of our landscape that is under threat. Restoration needs long-term funding, joined-up decisions & removal of barriers to nature-based solutions 🌱💧🌼
POST (UK Parliament) OU: Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences
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Thank you also to Richard Holliman from OU: Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences for his opening talk on how to conduct Engaging Environmental Research with Rigour, Respect and Responsibility - helping PGRs consider the many people who might be affected by their research

Recently published 📚 Depleting soil nutrients through frequency and timing of hay cutting on floodplain meadows for habitat restoration and nutrient neutrality by Vicky Bowskill, Inklusive Nature CIC, Shonil Bhagwat, David Gowing 👉fass.open.ac.uk/research/centr… Faculty of STEM, The Open University OU: Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences OU Arts & Social Sciences OU Geography The Open University Library

Meet the team: meet members of the Local Organising Committee for #PCST2025

First up - Heather Doran - one of our co-chairs
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OU: Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences Prof Richard Holliman is an amazing researcher and I/we have loved working & researching with him. I'm sure the students loved the talk. I can see me in the slide 🧐

eartharxiv.org/repository/vie… Pre-print atm.

W Dr Anjana Khatwa Clare Warren Dr (of rocks) Marcus Badger Yoseph Araya & others

Kicking off the CENTA Speed PhD 2024 in Cheltenham with a thought-provoking talk from Prof Richard Holliman @science_engage about how Environmental Scientists can work ethically and sensitively with those affected by their research. Hint: cake helps 🍰 #SpeedPhD2024

A bird’s eye view of #FloodplainForestNatureReserve

This park is designed to fill up when the #RiverGreatOuse floods which means that after high rainfall, parts may not be accessible.

Check our website before visiting to see which paths are clear: ow.ly/9BqT50QmvTZ

We made a thing!!! 3+ years with an incredible team working on this series. Through challenging times, it was always a joy. So excited to finally see it on our screens. 😍

Surprised and delighted: Illustration Artist of the Year 2024! More to follow and a summer awards event to look forward to 🎉🎨😁

I was delighted to create the illustrations for this series of inspiring stories: Being Neurodivergent in STEM. Do check them out! 🌈🧠🎨 #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek #ActuallyAutistic #AskingAutistics OU: Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences Faculty of STEM, The Open University

Want to build a brighter, greener future?

Climate change: transforming your organisation for sustainability - a 10-week microcredential to equip you with knowledge, skills and confidence to speak up and develop an action plan.

Sign up by 24 March: ow.ly/Mp1k50Qzvhj

Tune in today for a new episode of Inside Science!

You can find out more about the OU experts involved in this fascinating series: connect.open.ac.uk/science-techno…

📅TODAY!
⏰ 16:30
📻 BBC Radio 4

Catch up on previous episodes: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

*beams* I love working with our team at the Floodplain Meadows

Open Research Online (ORO) is the Open Access repository of The Open University's peer reviewed and published research. The service is publicly accessible and can be browsed and searched freely. 👉 ow.ly/PL9h50QxOUe

Enjoy the outdoors, immerse yourself in nature and learn new skills with our upcoming events:

📅Tue 12 Mar: Make your Garden Wildlife Friendly

📅Thu 21 Mar: Bushcraft Introduction to Whittling

📅Mon 8 Apr: British Botanical Folklore

More info➡️ow.ly/JO0H50QMJOb

We are very proud to be launching our The Open University Open Societal Challenges externally for the first time today in a competition for Milton Keynes businesses to propose challenges that can be tackled using technology and data #OUResearch research.open.ac.uk/news/universit…

Our new open access paper in Ecology and Evolution with Prof. Vincent Gauci and OU: Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences.

'Water table depth and plant species determine the direction and magnitude of methane fluxes in floodplain meadow soils'

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

If you would like to know where a PhD with AstrobiologyOU could lead you, check out this article about Anushree Srivastava and her career journey to working with NASA at Carnegie Science

👉bit.ly/AnushreePhDSto…

#InternationalWomensDay

Faculty of STEM, The Open University OU: Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences OUGradSchool

#floodplainmeadows can contribute to flood mitigation, water quality, food production, biodiversity, carbon storage & more. @floodplainmead have been working hard to ensure they are restored/protected in developing policy areas. Find out more 👇🌼🌱
societal-challenges.open.ac.uk/blog/revaluing…