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- 1. Scotland seen by satellites
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The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has used the latest satellite technology to launch new digital maps showing the differences of the UK countryside. The maps show the UK's most built-up, most wooded and most farmed counties.
- 2. Biodiversity detectives!
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Take a look at some of the amazing techniques scientists use to follow nature's clues.
- 3. Every land volcano on Earth to be monitored from space
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Data from two European Space Station Sentinel satellites that routinely map the planet's surface will be used to monitor volcanoes.
- 4. Scientists measure snow density in Greenland
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Last month, scientists from the Centre for Polar Observation & Modelling (CPOM) headed to Greenland to carry out vital fieldwork as part of a NERC-CryoSat contract to calibrate and validate measurements taken by the satellite.
- 5. Modelling our landscape in 3D
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Drones are helping NERC's British Geological Survey understand and monitor areas that are susceptible to landslides around the UK.
- 6. Soaring with the Global Hawk
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Last year a new UK-made atmospheric science instrument flew for the first time on NASA's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft.
- 7. Antarctic Peninsula: Warming pauses but glaciers go on melting
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A temporary respite in rising temperatures in one of the world's fastest-warming places doesn't mean climate change has stopped, says new British Antarctic Survey research.
- 8. Ship noise puts fish in danger
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Noise made by passing ships stops eels from using their survival instincts, say NERC-supported scientists investigating the effects of man-made noise on fish.
- 9. Antarctic ice loss has doubled
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The Antarctic ice sheet has lost ice twice as quickly in the past three years as when it was last surveyed between 2005 and 2010, say scientists.
- 10. Podcast: Cutting urban light pollution
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This week in the Planet Earth podcast, Roland Leigh and Joshua Vande Hey of the University of Leicester describe the work they're doing with Leicester City Council to cut light pollution and help the council save electricity.
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