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Posted on 26 February 2016 by Peter Kille
Workshop over the real work needed to start. As part of the Newton/NERC funded project with the archaeologist we had brought a team of biologist to characterise and compare the organism diversity of the terra preta (TPI) and non-TPI sites. This requires a team of 16-18 biologist representing all disciplines from genomics, earthworm and termite
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Posted on 26 February 2016 by Peter Kille
It was so good to arrive at the Hotel Porto Mardria (Porto Vehlo) and find that we had internet, a comfortable bed and air-conditioning….all the essentials of life. The workshop was hosted by the Public Ministry in an immaculate duel screen lecture theatre which I am sure is used for much more prestigious events that
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Posted on 26 February 2016 by Peter Kille
Memories of the welsh rain fade very quickly in the morning sun and warmth of a Belem morning. We are picked up from the hotel after breakfast by our friend and host Marlucia, invertebrate curator and fellow earthworm fancier, and taken to our first meeting with the Director of the Museum Goldi, who is a
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Posted on 26 February 2016 by Peter Kille
They say every journey starts with the first step – this 5,000 mile journey started with a 3 hour round trip to pick the kids up from there half term break with my parents (Yes nearly 50 and still reliant on good old Mum and Dad to cover half term). Case packed I head for
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Posted on 26 February 2016 by Peter Kille
On one hand the same-day commute to Edinburgh is a wonderful illustration of the power of flight on the other it makes for a heavy day. The flights leaves at 6.30 am which means you can be at your central Edinburgh destination by 9 am but it does mean that wake-up time is 4.30 am!!
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Posted on 26 February 2016 by Peter Kille
Things that starts simple sometimes mature into things of complexity and elegance. This time the simple idea started with Tom’s (Meagher, St Andrews) passion for remote sensing (seeing the planet from the sky) and its transformative potential to change our understanding of the land-use and especially studies of the planets fauna and flora. The UK
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Posted on 22 February 2016 by Peter Kille
When you have spent 10 years of your life focused on completing the genome of your chosen species a trip to a cold welsh hillside for those last samples doesn’t seem far to go!! So Stephen (Short) and myself set out this crisp and chilly February morning to track down just a hand-full of words
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Posted on 26 April 2015 by Pete
Well today was the last day in the field for me and I was rearing to go and complete control sites for the dark soil sites we had done on Day 2 (crop and new (ish) secondary forest. Being saturday we flew out of Manaus without the now customary traffic issue and raced to the
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Posted on 24 April 2015 by Pete
We just made the supermarket before closing last night and in addition to 18 Kg of onions, we brought lunch. As I checked out it struck me that we had spaghetti, rice, salad and four chickens – my mind spent all night thinking about the dish this combo would make – but to be honest
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Posted on 23 April 2015 by Pete
Here’s a youtube video of us going to site Monday –
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