Challenging Habitat
Seagrass meadow in Cawsand Bay

My New Underwater Toy

I’ve got a great new ‘toy’ that gets me to explore the world below the sea surface without getting wet. Don’t get me wrong: I like water sports, including snorkelling, but this goes deeper: 150 metres!

Animation Communication Engagement

Science communication can take many formats, from the diaries of explorers, meticulous records of experiments in the field and laboratory, the detailed and highly technical publications in scientific research journals and textbooks, to popular science books, magazines, documentaries… Read More

Coastal seas on the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall. (c) C Braungardt 2023

Low-cost High-tech Science

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… Read More

Aqqa Rosing-Asvid - Visit Greenland, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

STEAM Education Link XI

Now here is a thought: Fishy breath, trampling and carnage are good things (in the right context).

Nice work if you can get it!

I’m in the Caribbean!

Common Dolphin

STEAM Education Link III

Katie Baker from the Sea Watch Foundation reports an exciting new sighting in Cardigan Bay: a melanistic common dolphin spotted on 11 August 22.

Featherwinged beetle

STEAM Education Link I

Science Technology Engineering Art Mathematics, or STEAM, Education is close to my heart and something I have been engaging in for many, many years, althought I’ve been focussing mainly on the consonants within the acronym while maintaining an… Read More

L2B launch

Antarctic Quest 21 School Outreach

Today LikeToBe launched the Antartic Quest 21 School Outreach Programme. Members of the expedition team introduced the expedition and answered questions of school kids from as far away as South Africa. We covered everything from expedition food rations… Read More