Rooting out the risks of plant recolonization on mine waste

Rooting out the risks of plant recolonization on mine waste

Mine waste needs careful storage to ensure they don’t contaminate the environment. A new study explores the long-term effectiveness of one type of storage cover, which essentially made from layers of soil that allow plants to grow on them.

Sea Stories: Submarine Mountains by Cale Young Rice

Poet and dramatist Cale Young Rice (1872 - 1943) may have been born and died in land-locked Kentucky, USA, but the sea still cast her magic on him. In his poem Submarine Mountains, Rice takes us on a journey below the waves, and into a world that was starting to be uncovered thanks to the increasing development of submarines during his life.

Help A Researcher Out: Survey on abuse of early career marine scientists

Help a Researcher Out! Anna Osiecka, Katarzyna Brzeska (WSAiB, Poland), and Aleksandra Wróbel (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland) need your input for a report on some of the less pleasant aspects early career marine scientists and conservationists face.

Sea Stories: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Part 7

It’s not often that a poem becomes not one but two movies, or inspired a song by Iron Maiden but Samuel Taylor Coleridge's ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ is one of those rare exceptions. It is a 7-part tale about the experiences of a sailor who has just returned from sea. It’s a tale of peril, of the supernatural, of the sea. Today, lets take a look at part VII (the final piece), in which the mariner makes it back to land - just…

Help A Researcher Out: Share Your Perspective on Mussel Farming in the Sea!

Help a Researcher Out! Miriam von Thenen (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Germany) is currently working on the positive and negative impacts of mussel farming and how these should be taken into account in mussel farm site selection. Are you a mussel farmer, a researcher, a decision-maker, a planner, or in other ways interested in mussel farming and want to share your view? Then take part in this survey!