Santas got a brand new probe.



Mike D, Dave and Scott trying out the Chlorophyll a attachment

Christmas came early for Scott this week with the arrival of an extremely fancy new dissolved oxygen probe.

How to organise the thoughts of an academic.

The product of Pete's first project planning meeting
back in October 2012

Part of the reason why scientific research is an ongoing process is that our understanding of the natural environment is constantly changing as old theories are proved incorrect, known as the 'halflife of facts' (the time it takes for someone to prove our existing theories wrong).  This often means that we are revisiting old questions and applying new techniques, applying existing techniques to new situations or simply looking at the environment from a completely new angle.