nature | Challenging Habitat

My first close encounter with pollution emanating from the abandoned mines in England’s Southwest occurred in the mid 1990s, when research for my undergraduate dissertation brought me to Restronguet Creek in the Fal Estuary. A former tin mine had come to fame for all the wrong reasons…

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Posted on October 17, 2023 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

biodiversity, education, learning, nature, ocean, pollution, sail training, sailing, Science

biodiversity, crustacean, dissertation, Environment, Fal Estuary, Falmouth, field work, fish, index, learning, metal, metal mining, mollusk, Ocean Science, pollution, research, Restronguet, sail training, Seas Your Future, seaweed, species identification, St Mawes, study, teaching, Wheal Jane

We take young people to the beach to transform…

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Posted on September 28, 2023 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

biodiversity, conservation, education, learning, nature, ocean, personal development, pollution, resilience, sail training, Science, Sustainability

Seas Your Future

There’s a difference between looking and seeing. One way of encouraging seeing is drawing.

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Posted on September 5, 2023 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

education, learning, nature, ocean, sail training, Science

algae, art, copepods, ecology, marine, observation, phytoplankton, Plankton, Seas Your Future, seeing, zooplankton

I am a fan of crowd-sourcing scientific data. I know it has its challenges, not least relating to quality control and assurance, but in my view that is balanced by the added value of engaging the public in the scientific process.

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Posted on July 26, 2023 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

Arctic, biodiversity, climate change, conservation, education, learning, nature, ocean, pollution, sail training, Science, technology

Citizen Science, kayaking, open data, outreach, paddle boarding, sail training, Seas Your Future, Smartfin, STEM, surfing

Sharks, rays and skates are fascinating creatures and we are losing them at alarming rates!

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Posted on June 23, 2023 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

biodiversity, conservation, education, learning, nature, ocean, pollution, sail training, Science

Environment, Pelican of London, Seas Your Future, shark, Shark Trust

Memory or SD card???

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Posted on May 28, 2023 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

nature, ocean

dolphin, Dolphins, experience, here and now, humpback whale, in the moment, minke whale, Pelican of London, photography, sailing, Sea Watch Foundation, Seas Your Future, survey, Whales

Half of the oxygen that sustains life on Earth is produced in the ocean…

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Posted on May 25, 2023 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

biodiversity, climate change, education, learning, nature, ocean, Science

algae, Environment, food web, marine, ocean, Ocean Science, oxygen, Pelican of London, Plankton, Sail Training Ireland, Seas Your Future, seaweed

Once more, I joined the sail training tall ship Pelican of London for STEM at SEA education voyages with Sail Training Ireland youngsters on board. We have a little more time than usual in Dublin and we make the best of the glorious sunshine with some science on the beach…

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Posted on May 24, 2023 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

climate change, conservation, education, learning, nature, ocean, pollution, Science, technology

atmosphere, carbon dioxide, Cetaceans, climate change, clouds, conservation, Dolphins, Environment, Globe Observer, NASA, ocean acidification, Ocean Science, Pelican of London, pinnipeds, Sail Training Ireland, Seas Your Future, Seawatch Foundation