Freya Radford is a second year PhD student part of CDT in Sustainable Infrastructure Systems and based in Geography and Environmental Science. Freya is researching micro-plastic pollution in agricultural land through organic fertilisers made from sewage sludge.
Tag Archive: Environmental
Oct 17
Increased aggression and reduced aversive learning in honey bees exposed to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields
Sebastian Shepherd, Georgina Hollands, Victoria Godley, Prof Suleiman Sharkh, Chris Jackson, and Philip Newland. Journal : PLoS ONE. 14, 10, e0223614. Publication date: 10 Oct 2019 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223614 Abstract Honey bees, Apis mellifera, are a globally significant pollinator species and are currently in decline, with losses attributed to an array of interacting environmental stressors. Extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF …
Aug 25
Formation, Growth, and Failure of Debris Jams at Bridge Piers
Research Article Diego Panici Gustavo A. M. de Almeida First published in Water Resources Research for American Geophysical Union AGU: 24 August 2018 https://doi.org/10.1029/2017WR022177 Abstract The accumulation of large wood debris around bridge piers obstructs the flow, producing increased upstream water levels, large horizontal structural loadings, and flow field modifications that can considerably exacerbate scour.
Feb 12
Brighton Science Festival
The Brighton Science Festival aims to bring the best science in the world to Brighton with a month of events throughout February. On the weekend of the 11/12th February over 3000 people visited Hove Park School for the Bright Sparks event and the CDT was there to greet them with the largest science display on …