How can urban trees reduce flooding and pollution?

How can urban trees reduce flooding and pollution?

How can urban trees reduce flooding and pollution? Dr Trisha Moore is a biological and agricultural engineer based at Kansas State University in the US. Her research is wide and varied, covering both urban and rural environments. Her most recent research is focused on...
Can we learn to be safe online?

Can we learn to be safe online?

Can we learn to be safe online? Every time we log in to our email account, post a picture on Instagram or download a new game, we are putting our personal information at risk. Knowing that students can be an easy target, Prof Doug Jacobson, from Iowa State University,...
Bringing the Earth to life

Bringing the Earth to life

Bringing the Earth to life Geoscience is a challenging science to teach. It involves processes that occur over huge scales of time and space, and much of its subject matter is deep underground. Dr Glenn Dolphin, of the University of Calgary in Canada, is committed to...
The building blocks of biology

The building blocks of biology

The building blocks of biology Everything in biology can be reduced to individual atoms. Working out how these atoms form molecules, how they interact with one another and what this means for biological organisms is the focus of Dr Angela Gronenborn’s work at the...
A red-blooded passion for the green-fingered

A red-blooded passion for the green-fingered

A red-blooded passion for the green-fingered Dr Chris Marble is an environmental horticulturist based at the University of Florida in the US. His work focuses on developing ways of improving weed control in various settings. The findings could benefit farmers and...