http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/rss/latestnercnews.xml The latest 10 news stories from NERC's Research and Collaborative Centres en-gb Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:08:36 GMT http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/Harlequin-predator-rapid-ladybirds-decline_2012_10.html http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/Harlequin-predator-rapid-ladybirds-decline_2012_10.html A new study provides compelling evidence that the arrival of the invasive non-native Harlequin ladybird to mainland Europe and subsequent spread has led to a rapid decline in historically-widespread species of ladybird in Britain, Belgium and Switzerland. CEH Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/news/news_story.php?id=1724 http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/news/news_story.php?id=1724 This paper reports new glacial geological data that provide evidence for the timing of ice-sheet retreat and thinning at the end of the last glaciation (~10,000 years ago) in Marguerite Bay, on the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. We have dated both the length of time rock outcrops have been exposed, which allow us to date the thinning of the ice sheet, and the record from seabed sedime... BAS Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pml.ac.uk/media/latest_news/marine_social__economic_data.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.pml.ac.uk/media/latest_news/marine_social__economic_data.aspx?lang=en-gb Web news PML Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:37:48 GMT http://www.pml.ac.uk/media/latest_news/opec.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.pml.ac.uk/media/latest_news/opec.aspx?lang=en-gb Web news PML Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:32:40 GMT http://www.pml.ac.uk/media/latest_news/cod_damaged_by_oa.aspx?lang=en-gb http://www.pml.ac.uk/media/latest_news/cod_damaged_by_oa.aspx?lang=en-gb Web news PML Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:27:01 GMT http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/news/news_story.php?id=1719 http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/news/news_story.php?id=1719 To mark the centenary of Captain Robert Falcon Scott a number of public exhibitions are taking place in London and Plymouth. Plymouth Landscapes of Exploration BAS Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/climate-change-wetlands-tool_2012_09.html http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/climate-change-wetlands-tool_2012_09.html A new web-based tool has been created to help wetland managers in England and Wales project the impacts of climate change in the next 50 years. The tool is formally launched today, 2 February, World Wetlands Day. CEH Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/news/news_story.php?id=1718 http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/news/news_story.php?id=1718 One of the most comprehensive studies of animals in the Southern Ocean reveals a region that is under threat from the effects of environmental change. Seals are 'higher predators' in the Southern Ocean food chain Reporting in January 2012 in a special volume of the journal Deep Sea Research II, an international team of researchers led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), describes how the Scoti... BAS Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/integrating-biosciences-data_2012_08.html http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/integrating-biosciences-data_2012_08.html Collaborators from more than 30 scientific organisations around the world, including the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, have agreed on a common standard for integrating biological data sets. CEH Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:30:00 GMT http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/news/news_story.php?id=1717 http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/news/news_story.php?id=1717 The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Director Professor Nick Owens has appointed two new Non-Executive members with immediate effect. Anne Miller Anne Miller - Non-executive Director for BAS from January 2012 Anne Miller is an innovator, entrepreneur and Director of the Creativity Partnership. She is a mechanical engineer by background. She started her career with an MA in Engineering from Cam... BAS Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT