Where are the bees?

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It’s hard to know what to make of the bee survey results reported in the Guardian in August.  The headline, which seems misleading, was: Bee count finds school grounds abuzz as their favourite habitat The report began: “Schools and gardens have beaten farmland and the countryside in a survey to determine Britain’s most bee-friendly habitats.…

Monitoring air pollution by phone

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On September 1st, the iSpex-EU project was launched.  This is setting out to recruit people from cities across Europe (see the map) to monitor air pollution.  The project aims to contribute to research by encouraging people to use their mobile phones to record levels of particles and droplets known as atmospheric aerosols. Toby Shannon, the UK co-ordinator of…