zooplankton | Challenging Habitat

Samples of bryozoan colonies on kelp under the microscope. (c) C Braungardt

STEM Education: A Gateway to Marine Ecology

Scientist in Residence Mauricio Ferreira spent several weeks on the sail training tall ship Pelican of London and involved teenagers in a plankton research project that compared biodiversity in coastal waters around the Irish Sea. With the right… Read More

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Posted on October 21, 2024 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

biodiversity, education, Environment, learning, nature, ocean, personal development, sailing, Science

bivalve, brittle star, bryozoan, ceratium, copepods, diatoms, Environment, Irish Sea, marine snail, Ocean Science, Pelican of London, phytoplankton, Plankton, polychaete, radiolarians, Seas Your Future, STEM education, tintinnids, zooplankton

Plankton sample containing centric diatoms and various crustaceans, such as copepods and cladocera. (c) C Braungardt 2023

The Art of Observation

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

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).

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

biodiversity, climate change, conservation, nature, ocean, Science, Sustainability, Uncategorized

abundance, algae, atmosphere, biodiversity, carbon, carbon cycle, carbon dioxide, cetacean, climate change, climate crisis, climate regulation, conservation, deep sea, ecology, ecosystem, Environment, food web, herbivores, mammals, oceanography, predator, regulation, resilience, sea-level, seaweed, STEAM, STEM, zooplankton

Cat Cameron following careful procedure to take snow samples for metal analysis by scientists at the University of Plymouth, UK

Metals in the Snow

Oh no (I hear you say) please, not another new story of contamination and its dreadful consequences! And yet…

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Posted on December 21, 2021 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

Antarctica, Science

abundance, Angela Milne, Antarctic, Antarctic Quest 21, atmosphere, carbon pump, Cat Cameron, climate change, Environment, expedition, food web, limitation, Martin Densham, mitigation, nutrients, ocean, ocean circulation, ocean current, phytoplankton, pollution, primary productivity, regulation, Science, Simon Ussher, Southern Ocean, University of Plymouth, Weddell Sea, zooplankton

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