From the macro to the micro: analysis from the IES

Colin Green
Webinars
November 2018

Until recently, identifying and analysing for TPH, tars etc. has relied on laboratory GCs. However, measuring fluorescence across the UV and visible range can, in three minutes, identify and analyse petroleum or coal tar derived hydrocarbon contamination of liquids and solids immediately on site...

Graham Harker
Blog
November 2018

Air quality, or the lack of it, has become a hot topic in the UK, which hopefully means this book will be read by a wider audience outside the environmental science community. In terms of helping to facilitate change, it certainly needs to be.


The introduction starts with emotive...

Ed Turner
Webinars
November 2018

Agricultural areas have expanded dramatically in the tropics, providing food for the world's population, but posing a severe threat to natural habitats and tropical biodiversity. A crop which has attracted particularly negative press and been associated with high levels of deforestation is oil...

Gary Kass
Blog
November 2018

At its heart, this book looks to set out an approach to science and practice that can “transform society towards greater sustainability”. This is very much in keeping with the approach that we champion within the IES.


Ariane König, from the University of Luxembourg, has edited this multi-...

Ken Rubin
Article
October 2018

environmental SCIENTIST | Issues for the marine environment | October 2018


Earth is a restless planet, constantly renewing its surface by one or another geological or hydrological process, with the added impacts of human activities. Volcanism is one of the most...

Chloe Fletcher
Blog
October 2018

 


This summer, the IES launched a new designation for environmental professionals, Registered Environmental Technician (REnvTech). The award is open to technicians and technical staff working across the breadth of environmental science, whether that be in academia, government,...

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