Notebook from the North

A large part of science is taking a really simple obvious thing, looking at it a bit closer, and realising it’s actually not very simple at all. Seriously, every answer to a question seems to lead to like 5 new questions! Take ‘species’ for example. Everyone knows what a species is- it’s different… things, like Read more

Weather is weird right? The north being colder than the south makes sense (well, in the northern hemisphere, flip that sentence around if you live in the south), but as recent weather has shown, that logic can sometimes be thrown out the window. Why?? Well, there are many things that affect the weather, like how Read more

We often talk about the social interaction between things like monkeys, or how elephants look after their young, but trees are actually really complex in their interactions with each other too. Right now science is only beginning to understand the amazing world that goes on above and below the soil which includes wars, murder and Read more

Exciting news- this week an actual, real life news website called The Conversation asked me to write an article for them!! It is about a topic that is connected to my own research (I research reindeer ecology in the Arctic in relation to people, the environment and other forms of land use like industry). This Read more

Who lives in the Arctic? It is a vast area covering the north of the globe, and when we ask this question the answer is often ‘the Inuit’. Who are the Inuit though? Well, much like saying someone is from Africa or Asia, it is a very very broad description of what is in reality Read more

Trade routes have always been important to people, and have been the reason that many famed explorers have set off on their adventures, such as Franklin trying to discover ways of getting through Canada’s northwest passage and Columbus accidentally crashing into America when looking for a route to the Far East. Finding short routes to Read more