My great-uncle
Ken Blaiklock, explorer who spent a record length of time in Antarctica – obituary telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2…
My great-uncle
Ken Blaiklock O.B.E had an Island, a glacier and a World Heritage Site named after him. He had lived in Tarvin since 2003 and died aged 92 from the complications of a broken hip. He was the first man after Amundsen in 1911 to have driven a dog team to the tarvinonline.org/newsroom/ta…
My great-uncle
Obituary in The Times of my uncle;
Antarctic explorer and all-round lovely man, Ken Blaiklock
thetimes.co.uk/article/ken-b…
My great-uncle
What could attract a surveyor to the bleak wastelands of the Antarctic? Ken Blaiklock knew the answer. “It’s impossible now, but in the 1950s you could discover a range of mountains like the Shackletons, 150 miles long, that had never been seen before.” bit.ly/3ihMaFt
It's been a year since my paper on species boundaries of 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢 pteropods was published. Shelled 'sea butterflies' are sensitive to ocean acidification and are a suitable group for tracking the effects of climate change on marine plankton. #ClimateChange
Combining #genetic, geographic & #morphometric data to assess #species boundaries of 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢 pteropods shows the potential of #integrative approaches for diverse taxa, important for predicting species-specific responses to #ClimateChange.
bit.ly/37lg4Dt
Opinie: werken bij de universiteit hoeft geen beproeving te zijn volkskrant.nl/ts-ba65553e via @volkskrant
New global study shows 'best of the last' tropical forests urgently need protection phys.org/news/2020-08-global… via @physorg_com
There’s no star closer to us than Proxima Centauri — and now we know it has an Earth-mass planet in its habitable zone.
astronomy.com/bonus/centauri…
I’m glad I eschewed a career in academia – there are plenty of alternatives for PhDs timeshighereducation.com/blo… via @timeshighered
My Academic Diary: An Anonymous Member of the Academic Precariat thesociologicalreview.com/my…
Je vaak in de natuur begeven heeft veel invloed op je mentale welzijn. Je dompelt je onder in de geuren, kleuren en geluiden en vergeet de tijd. Je raakt gehecht aan de natuur. Aan het veranderen van de natuur met… instagram.com/p/CDvp22qDGmk/…
Ignorance is power too: why JK Rowling deliberately repeats untruths about trans people thecorrespondent.com/631/ign… via @The_Corres
Ecological grief: I mourn the loss of nature – it saved me from addiction theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
Lara Marlowe: Farewell Spike, the cat who shared my joys and sorrows for 20 years irishtimes.com/news/world/eu…
Ik ben in het zuiden van België, waar het klimaat zonder harde overgang al wat milder is dan in het midden en noorden van Nederland. Bosrijke, meanderende riviervalleien doen het lijken op een ver oord terwijl het… instagram.com/p/CDi1sChjINv/…
Levendige wezens, die bomen. Ze lijken misschien bewegingsloos, maar ze zijn actiever dan je denkt. Ze bewegen 's nachts hun takken op en neer. Als met een heel langzame hartslag pompen ze actief water omhoog.… instagram.com/p/CDbUOGfD9_q/…
Old man emu approaching 60 years, living stress free in eastern Victoria abc.net.au/news/2020-07-22/p…