{"id":2148,"date":"2019-06-05T13:53:26","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T12:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/?p=2148"},"modified":"2019-06-13T10:14:55","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T09:14:55","slug":"dippy-the-dinosaur-and-climate-change-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/dippy-the-dinosaur-and-climate-change-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Dippy the Dinosaur and Climate Change Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DippyThe Liaison team visited the wonderful Dippy the Dinosaur at the Great North Museum: Hancock<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

First put on display over 100 years ago, Dippy is a cast of a Diplodocus dinosaur and measures a massive 21.3 metres long –\u00a0 he was an incredible sight to see!<\/p>\n

Dippy, who belongs to the Natural History museum, is currently touring the country and will be in Newcastle for this special exhibition until Sunday 6 October 2019.\u00a0 You can find out more about Dippy and book tickets here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alongside the brilliant Dippy, the exhibition at the Great North Museum also features a spectacular visual timeline that emphasises the significance of climate change.\u00a0 Beginning in the time of the dinosaurs and highlighting the climate change brought about by the meteor that killed the species, it continues up through the industrial revolution to the climate emergency of today.<\/p>\n

The display spotlights academics and teams from Newcastle University who are researching important climate change related issues.\u00a0 You can find out more about the work of these researchers below:<\/p>\n

Dippy\u2019s \u2018Climate Change Heroes\u2019 Reading List:<\/h4>\n

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Professor Mark Whittingham<\/strong><\/a> (Professor of Applied Ecology)<\/p>\n

Franks, J.R., Emery, S.B., Whittingham, M.J. and McKenzie, A.J. (2016) ‘Farmer attitudes to cross-holding agri-environment schemes and their implications for Countryside Stewardship.’\u00a0International Journal of Agricultural Management, 5(4). pp.78-95<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Dunn, J.C., Buchanan, G.M., Stein, R.W., Whittingham, M.J. and McGowan, P.J.K. (2016) ‘Optimising different types of biodiversity coverage of protected areas with a case study using Himalayan Galliformes.’\u00a0Biological Conservation, 196, pp. 22-30<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Hiron, M., Part, T., Siriwardena, G.M. and Whittingham, M.J. (2018) ‘Species contributions to single biodiversity values under-estimate community contribution to a wider range of values to society.’\u00a0Scientific Reports, 8, pp.1-7<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Find more of Professor Whittingham’s work via his\u00a0Newcastle University’s ePrints<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/p>\n

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Dr Elizabeth Gibson<\/strong><\/a> (Reader in Energy Materials)<\/p>\n

Summers, G.H. and Gibson, E.A. (2018) ‘Bay Annulated Indigo as a New Chromophore for p-type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.’\u00a0ChemPhotoChem, <\/em>2(6), pp.498-506<\/a><\/p>\n

Summers, G.H., Lefebvre, J.F., Black, F.A., Davies, E.S., Gibson, E.A., Pullerits, T., Wood, C. and Zidek, K. (2016) ‘Design and characterisation of bodipy sensitizers for dye-sensitized NiO solar cells.’\u00a0Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, <\/em>18(2), pp.1059-1070<\/a><\/p>\n

ElMoll, H., Black, F.A., Wood, C.J., AlYasari, A., ReddyMarri, A., Sazanovich, I.V., Gibson, E.A. and Fielden, J. (2017) ‘Increasing p-type dye sensitised solar cell photovoltages using polyoxometalates.’\u00a0Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics,\u00a0<\/em>19, pp.18831-18835<\/a><\/p>\n

Find more of Dr Gibson’s work via her\u00a0Newcastle University’s ePrints<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/p>\n

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Dr Niki Rust<\/strong><\/a> (Research Associate)<\/p>\n

Braczkowski, A., Holden, M., O’Bryan, C., Choi, C., Gan, X., Beesley, N., Gao, Y., Allan, J., Tyrrell, P., Stiles, D., Brehony, P., Meney, R., Brink, H., Takashina, N., Lin, M., Lin, H., Rust, N., Salmo, S., Watson, J., Kahumbu, P., Maron, M., Possingham, H. and Biggs, D. (2018) ‘Reach and messages of the world’s largest ivory burn.’\u00a0Conservation Biology, <\/em>32 (4), pp.765-773<\/a><\/p>\n

Rust, N, and Kehoe, L. (2017) ‘A call for conservation scientists to empirically study the effects of human population policies on biodiversity loss.’\u00a0Journal of Population & Sustainability,<\/em> 1(2), pp. 53-66<\/a><\/p>\n

Rust, N. and Taylor, N. (2016) ‘Carnivores, Colonization, and Conflict: A Qualitative Case Study on the Intersectional Persecution of Predators and People in Namibia.’\u00a0Anthrozoos, <\/em>29 (4), pp. 653-667<\/a><\/p>\n

Find more of Dr Rust’s work via her\u00a0Newcastle University’s ePrints<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/p>\n

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Urban Observatory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Newcastle University’s Urban Observatory collects real-time urban data from across the Tyne and Wear area. With over 50 data types available, including air quality, traffic, sewage and noise levels, it provides the largest set of publicly available real time urban data in the UK.<\/p>\n

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The Liaison team visited the wonderful Dippy the Dinosaur at the Great North Museum: Hancock this week. First put on display over 100 years ago, Dippy is a cast of a Diplodocus dinosaur and measures a massive 21.3 metres long –\u00a0 he was an incredible sight to see! Dippy, who belongs to the Natural History … <\/p>\n

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