I’m a Scientist is like school science lessons meet the X Factor! School students choose which scientist gets a prize of $1000 to communicate their work.
Scientists and students talk on this website. They both break down barriers, have fun and learn. But only the students get to vote.
This zone is the Boron Zone. It has a range of scientists studying all different topics. Who gets the prize? YOU decide!
I can’t say that it is. Actually, it is possibly detrimental to the environment… I often make use of big computer clusters to do calculations – these require big air conditioned rooms and use up a lot of electricity – and hence emit a fair amount of CO2! But not as much as a car does in a year (I think).
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Yes, at least that is the aim. We try to ensure that people and animals can share our planet – especially the wet parts of our planet. I have been doing some work wioth mining companies lately as they try and reduce their impact on the coastline.
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Yes one of the reasons the focus of my work is cities, towns and the areas that surround them is because those are the areas that most of us live in and move through every day.
Humans are currently having greater impact on our planet and its wildlife, than any time in history. Unless we can understand that wildlife and appreciate the native animals we see every day – what chance do those species undiscovered or unseen have? By helping the broader community better understand “local” wildlife and begin to appreciate it, is I feel a practical way to help the environment.
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I don’t think astronomy is that beneficial to the environment either unfortunately – we use a fair bit of power to run computers and telescopes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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