Ian Boydon (@IanBoydon) profile picture

Press officer at Lancaster University promoting science & technology. Former senior journalist, guidebook author and keen mountain biker and cyclist. Views own.

Joined May 2010
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ICYMI, we are looking for volunteers to collect water samples from Windermere 👉 lancaster.ac.uk/news/love-yo… 📽️ Our Dr @bensurridge explains more about the ‘Love your Lake: the Big Windermere Survey 👇
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📣Calling all citizen scientists 🔬 Our researcher @bensurridge is working with @freshwaterbio to recruit volunteers to collect water samples from Windermere, England's most iconic lake. Find out more about the project, and how to get involved👇 fal.cn/3mXD5
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👋 Why hello there, new @LUSoM_ building 😮 📐 Pleased to see the new design images for our brand new School of Mathematics - a specialist school that will deliver world-class mathematics education for 16 to 18 year-olds 👉lancaster.ac.uk/news/new-ima…
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🌍#ActuClimat | Une étude qui vient de paraître dans la revue @Nature l'affirme: la reconstruction de la couche d’ozone a apporté des bénéfices + importants qu’on ne le pensait, en évitant un réchauffement supplémentaire de 2,5 °C d’ici la fin du siècle! 🔽xitter.gq/NaturePortfolio/status…
The Montreal Protocol may have helped to mitigate climate change by protecting plants from UV damage, thereby avoiding a reduction in carbon storage and an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, reports a modelling study published in @Nature. go.nature.com/3iVbuVh
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Great to see the important research by our Dr @pjyng being picked up by major news outlets, including: 📰 @guardiannews, @thetimes, @Independent, @DailyMailUK, @newscientist, @Forbes, @CNN, @FT, @VICE, @EveningStandard, and @FRANCE24 As well as this, for @BBCNews 👇
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An accidental #climate treaty; a woolly mammoth that left a 70,000km chemical trail; probiotic coral medicine & where to put a winter’s worth of hydrogen. All within 30 mins, thanks to @AndrewLuckBaker #BBCInsideScience @BBCRadio4 at 1630 & @BBCSounds whenever you fancy
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The BBC reports on a Lancaster-led study into a global CFC ban. Modelling published by @Nature shows more UV would have harmed plants' ability to soak up carbon, adding to global warming @pjyng @LancsUniLEC @NASA @UK_CEH @UniofExeter @niwa_nz @NCAR_Science bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…
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Repairing the ozone layer is also reducing CO₂ in the atmosphere - @pjyng from @LancsUniLEC has written for the Conversation about a new paper published by @Nature showing what the world could have looked like without a CFC ban theconversation.com/repairin…
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@IanBoydon I followed one of the rides from your Lakes mtb book, the Dunnerdale Enduro, yesterday. Absolutely stunning riding, great guidance and that was some most excellent gnarly fun. Cheers!
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I am thrilled to share this-a labour of love with the most wonderful and committed colleagues around the world & spurred many more questions and collaborations. Join our launch next week, visit @FishBaseProject & access species specific nutrient values lancaster.ac.uk/lec/about-us…
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Dr Daniel Prince of our School of Computing and Communications has spoken with Times Radio about the use of facial recognition technology by the police. @dan_prince @SCC_Lancaster @LancsUniSciTech @timesradio Listen again after 38mins here: thetimes.co.uk/radio/show/20…
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Find out how @LancasterUni alumnus and famous actor @andyserkis enjoyed his time as a student here in this interview (at 2:54) on @bbc5live bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000k3…
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Here’s a walk-through of how to use the H-Unique app to send in images of your hands to help inform pioneering hand identification research 👇 📱 @HUniqueProject @ERC_Research #LancasterLeads 👉h-unique.lancaster.ac.uk
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Can you lend a hand? 👋 @ProfSueBlack and her team need thousands of volunteers to help their vital hand identification research 👉h-unique.lancaster.ac.uk/ @HUniqueProject #LancasterLeads
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"There's massive patterning, almost like big fingerprints, on the back of the hand." @ProfSueBlack breaks down the process of forensic hand identification to identify offenders and bring them to justice. bbc.in/32HH3Hx
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Tomorrow @ProfSueBlack discusses her ground-breaking project to develop a forensic hand identification tool to help courts deliver justice. Listen to The Hand Detectives at 11am on @BBCRadio4 ✋🕵️‍♀️ @ERC_Research @LancsUniSciTech @dundeeuni bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009ks…
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