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Lack of diversity means loss of talent for UK scientific workforce
07 March 2014
A lack of diversity across the scientific community represents a large loss of potential talent to the UK according to the chair of the Royal Society’s Equality and Diversity Network (EDAN), Professor Edward Hinds FRS.
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The lost years of the loggerheads
05 March 2014
Scientists had little data on where sea turtles go when they swim out to sea after hatching. A study today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B reveals that they spend most of their time at the surface of the sea soaking up the heat of the sun to help them grow.
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Royal Society and US National Academy of Sciences release joint publication on climate change
27 February 2014
The Royal Society and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences released a joint publication today that explains the clear evidence that humans are causing the climate to change, and that addresses a variety of other key questions commonly asked about climate change science.
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A picture of the UK scientific workforce
07 March 2014
The Royal Society’s diversity programme commissioned several data gathering exercises to explore, analyse and understand the composition of the scientific workforce in terms of gender, disability, ethnicity and socio-economic status and background.
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Climate Change: Evidence & Causes
27 February 2014
The Royal Society and the US National Academy of Sciences offer this new publication as a key reference document for decision makers, policy makers, educators, and other individuals seeking authoritative answers about the current state of climate change science.
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Modeling Earth's future
01 October 2013
A report produced with the National Academy of Sciences on integrated assessments of linked human-natural systems.
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