In the Laboratory
by Ed Tripp, University of NottinghamThe lab work is nearly complete.I have been extremely busy over the last few months. I am not a chemist, but this PhD required a good chunk of chemistry. It has...
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Lab-Field-Office Part 1
by Ed Tripp, University of NottinghamThe varied life of a scientistThe end of my second year has passed, the third and final year of my PhD has begun. Time has flown by for two reasons: it's been...
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Lab-Field-Office Part 2
by Ed Tripp, University of NottinghamThe Thesis BeginsBy May I was well into the second year of my project. The ultimate aims of a PhD are to produce new science, perhaps publish the data, and to...
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Lab-Field-Office - Part 3
by Ed Tripp, University of NottinghamNot all goes as planned.As I discussed in my last post, by June I had started to collect lichen samples in order to investigate their recovery in heathlands. This...
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More Nitrogen Deposition
by Ed Tripp, University of NottinghamSampling and SabotageNitrogen deposition comes in many forms. It can be diffuse, deposited in rain or from industry, or it can be more localised, from a single farm...
View ArticleThe Dirt Collector Returns
by Ed Tripp, University of NottinghamMore AmmoniaHere is the latest video in the Dirt Collector series. Here I am checking one of my ammonia posts to make sure that all is well. This particular one is...
View ArticleSoils and Enzymes
by Ed Tripp, University of NottinghamResults from ResultsOne good thing about research is that new ideas can come from data collected earlier in the project. The heather experiments that I did right at...
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Addressing Climate Change
by Ed Tripp, University of NottinghamClimate Change and HeathlandSo all the dirt collecting has been done. It took two months and a good few thousand miles to get there, but I finally collected the...
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What a difference a warm day makes
by Ed Tripp, NottinghamTemperature affects plant growthThe heather that I placed in sand in May has been growing well ever since.The most striking thing is the difference in size of the plants between...
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University of Nottingham – OPAL partner in England
The University of Nottingham has been involved in the OPAL project since 2007 and leads our engagement work in the East Midlands.About NottinghamThe University of Nottingham is a research-led...
View ArticleIn the Laboratory
by Ed Tripp, University of NottinghamThe lab work is nearly complete.I have been extremely busy over the last few months. I am not a chemist, but this PhD required a good chunk of chemistry. It has...
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Lab-Field-Office Part 1
by Ed Tripp, University of NottinghamThe varied life of a scientistThe end of my second year has passed, the third and final year of my PhD has begun. Time has flown by for two reasons: it's been...
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Lab-Field-Office Part 2
by Ed Tripp, University of NottinghamThe Thesis BeginsBy May I was well into the second year of my project. The ultimate aims of a PhD are to produce new science, perhaps publish the data, and to...
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Lab-Field-Office - Part 3
by Ed Tripp, University of NottinghamNot all goes as planned.As I discussed in my last post, by June I had started to collect lichen samples in order to investigate their recovery in heathlands. This...
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More Nitrogen Deposition
by Ed Tripp, University of NottinghamSampling and SabotageNitrogen deposition comes in many forms. It can be diffuse, deposited in rain or from industry, or it can be more localised, from a single farm...
View ArticleThe Dirt Collector Returns
by Ed Tripp, University of NottinghamMore AmmoniaHere is the latest video in the Dirt Collector series. Here I am checking one of my ammonia posts to make sure that all is well. This particular one is...
View ArticleSoils and Enzymes
by Ed Tripp, University of NottinghamResults from ResultsOne good thing about research is that new ideas can come from data collected earlier in the project. The heather experiments that I did right at...
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Addressing Climate Change
by Ed Tripp, University of NottinghamClimate Change and HeathlandSo all the dirt collecting has been done. It took two months and a good few thousand miles to get there, but I finally collected the...
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What a difference a warm day makes
by Ed Tripp, NottinghamTemperature affects plant growthThe heather that I placed in sand in May has been growing well ever since.The most striking thing is the difference in size of the plants between...
View ArticleUniversity of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham has been involved in the OPAL project since 2007 and leads our engagement work in the East Midlands.About NottinghamThe University of Nottingham is a research-led...
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