OU S206 Env. Science

Great excitement as the module website for 19J opens tomorrow! Forums will open over the next couple of weeks!

Fascinating - and detailed! - and well-referenced! - exploration of the evolving colours of our world by @ferrisjabr. @Team_S206 @S209geology @S309geology OU students might be intrigued to dip in to this thread...

@DoraExplorer47 Hi Karen. We realise it's a really big subject and we've worked hard the last two years to get the material to fit within the standard workload. Can you DM so we can chat more about your experience?

Have you witnessed the beautiful sight of a large flock of starlings swooping across the sky during the winter months? This event is known as a murmuration and we're looking for lots of you to join in with our new citizen science project! More here: nquire.org.uk/mission/starli…

Awesome animation as we get going on Block 2: Air

We reached 1 million tree records! 1/3 of records can be used to calc. ecosystem service value: 335,000 trees = £95 million in ES benefits #lovetrees #communitree #treecitsci @TreesforCities @LTOA33. Thank you to everyone who has shared tree data. See below for more details.

@dowlaistwp Sorry to hear that. Look forward to seeing you next year

@Team_S206 i am out of it, will start again next year. Best of luck all with the module

Today is world nuts day. My research focuses on macadamia productivity. Macadamia nuts have many health benefits i.e. lowers heart disease risk and diabetes, prevents cancer , protects the brain & starve off hunger. This is because they are the highest nuts in monosaturated fats

@Team_S206 @BBCNews @AquaBiota Have a listen to this discussion re environmental DNA and some of its possible applications for future research bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

We really MUST stop digging peat out of the ground for gardening. Peat bogs are huge stores of carbon, and internationally rare habitats. It is madness. Please sign this petition, and RT petition.parliament.uk/petitions/2633…

Official module start tomorrow following: a v wet week (flooding covered in Block 1), the arrival of Hurricane Lorenzo (learn how hurricanes form in Block 2), the State of Nature report (habitat conservation in Block 4). Couldn't be a better time to study Environmental Science!

#StateOfNature 2019 shows that UK wildlife continues to decline; we have to do more! Sharing data, identifying & learning about wildlife; while reducing our impact on nature is crucial. @iSpotnature is a committed partner in this effort. See report here: nbn.org.uk/stateofnature2…

Aw, our Vice-Chancellor is retiring and wrote us a love letter 🙌😍 #OUfamily

“People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction. And all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!”My speech in UN General Assembly in print theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

@EnglishOrchid We don't cover microbiology much, but if we did... 🤣

@Team_S206 So should we be looking forward to doing some of this on the field trip? 😉😁

An interesting BBC news article today about some research just published where oak trees have been used to explore Britain’s past climate. Links well with Week 1 of S112. bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-wa…

New paper "Quantifying the attractiveness of garden flowers for pollinators" rdcu.be/bQ7oQ based on data collected by @rosybeeplants. Full of useful info for planning you garden #gardenjungle

TWO DAYS TO GO! If you want to study with us this autumn it's time to register. Go on, you know you want to... open.ac.uk/courses/apply

The first of the our three fieldcasts this week starts in 1 hour, with @CookeJulia @Om_Phil and @kmaseyk. Be part of the interactive field investigation from your home!