
The Orkney International Science Festival (OISF) online magazine is now in a brand-new format, giving much more space to its great range of stories and images.
The Orkney International Science Festival (OISF) online magazine is now in a brand-new format, giving much more space to its great range of stories and images.
“Science is clear, exceeding 1.5°C of global warming poses major challenges for humans and societies around the world, and raises the risks of crossing critical tipping points that regulate the state of the climate system.” Professor Johan Rockström
Duncan Lunan continues his fascinating series with part two on the Moons of Saturn
Tidal stream power has the potential to deliver 11% of the UK’s current annual electricity and play a significant role in the government’s drive for net-zero, according to new research.
This is believed to be the most extensive study ever undertaken into how insect outbreaks impact freshwater carbon and nitrogen dynamics.
“There’s an opportunity this month to find Ceres, the largest of the asteroids, as it passes through the V-shaped Hyades cluster in Taurus.”
” The curious thing about Iapetus is that one side of it is more than ten times brighter than the other.”
“Some of the carbon accounting systems and evaluation processes in the UK are farcical and inadequate, lagging well behind net zero thinking and creating a structural barrier to implementing effective solutions.” – Prof Ian Thomson
“Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.”
On 24th of October 1946 the first photo from Space was taken.