Adrift Lab News
All of the latest updates about our research, events and conferences our members attend, and other articles of interest about Adrift Lab.
A Greener Website & Ruminations on Energy Consumption
Our website's a little different than it used to be. We're using less energy than before to deliver updates about our research, using less of your device's processing power to render content, and have some recommendations for how you interact with tech to reduce your energy consumption. Full Article »
Worrying new research: accumulating plastic on beaches drastically increases the temperature of the sand
New research from Adrift Lab (Alex, Jack, & Jenn) published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials found that accumulated plastics in beach sediments act as an insulator, increasing circadian (daily) maximum temperatures by 2.45 ºC. Full Article »
Adrift Lab’s Dr Alex Bond named Ornithologist-in-Residence at St Nicholas’ Church, Leicester
The Adrift Lab is very excited to announce that Dr Alex Bond has been appointed the inaugural Ornithologist-in-Residence at St Nicholas’ Church in Leicester, UK Full Article »
Three Adrift Lab students speaking at Global Biodiversity Festival May 21-23
Adrift Lab are thrilled to announce THREE of our incredible graduate students have been invited to present their research at the "Global Biodiversity Festival" along conservation legends such as “Her Deepness” Sylvia Earle and Philippe Cousteau. The Festival **STARTS TOMORROW** (May 21-23)! Full Article »