Ben Langford
@BenLangfordVOC
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Environmental Scientist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Edinburgh.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined July 2018
Why does air pollution make it harder for insects to find flowers? 🌻 🐝 Find out by reading our latest @NERCscience research, published in Environmental Pollution today 👇: https://t.co/MSho3KTkmT
@UK_CEH @UKCEH_ACE
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Happy New Year! 🐍 1 Jan 2025: "Diesel exhaust and ozone adversely affect pollinators and parasitoids within flying insect communities" @RobbieGirling @BenLangfordVOC @bromfield_lisa @chpfrang
@JDBlande @SciTotEnv Thanks @UniofReading @BritishEcolSoc @NERCscience @LeverhulmeTrust
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A nice @BBC_Future @KnowableMag article summarizing recent research on the potential impacts of air pollution on insect pollination https://t.co/ycj4RINMsz
@BenLangfordVOC @jmwryalls @RiffellLab @ILSE_UniSQ
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Contaminated air is not only bad for us, it can also disrupt bees' highly attuned senses for finding flowers.
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A nce article by Katya Zimmer covering our work (@jmwryalls @RobbieGirling @chpfrang ) on air pollution and insect pollinators. @UK_CEH @NERCscience
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An investigation by @UK_CEH has shown that a volcanic eruption in Iceland caused sulphur dioxide in air across areas of Scotland to spike to levels we likely have not experienced since the 1970s. Find out more in our blog: https://t.co/QunOivYG0m
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Training via @UK_CEH Learn about best practice in developing and delivering training Train the trainer 1-3 October From £249 https://t.co/LMu35WuugK PL RP @annette_burden @AntheaMilnes @AquaticBrighton @AWE_plc @beck_rachel @BenLangfordVOC @BenthosNews
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Bees living in highly polluted areas struggle to locate flowers. @BenLangfordVOC explains how reducing ozone pollution isn't just a matter of helping bees find food, it's helping bees make food for us. https://t.co/uaPhXNcvvA
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That means humans could go hungry, too.
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training @UK_CEH Radiological environmental protection 5-21 June 2024 self-paced and interactive online training from £899 more detail: https://t.co/rFgVxXAGX6 PL RP @AmulyaChevuturi @AnitaMPJ @AntheaMilnes @AWE_plc @BenLangfordVOC @BroadhurstHolly
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The course covers all aspects of radiological environmental (non-human biota) assessment, including radionuclide transfer, dosimetry, effects, benchmarks and dispersion, mixing lectures (some...
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Nitrogen & Ancient Cosmology - any connection?! YES! @MarkNitrogen masterfully explained this metaphysical mind riddle at #N2024 Intrigued? See https://t.co/1Ye3Yrnr1N
@GCRFNitrogenHub
@UK_CEH @TowardsINMS @INI_Global
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This is the press release for our current experiment. Objective is to study the detailed chemistry of emissions on fine timescales, but also go off-piste with the operation. (1/2) @UoM_EES @AtmosChemYork
“Currently emissions predictions assume that wood burners are operated correctly and the appropriate fuels are used. However, we suspect that many wood burners are not used correctly, with people likely to overstack fuel or burn unseasoned woods,” explains @JamesAllanAtmos
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Thanks to Carrie Klein for this nice article coving our @NERCscience Project on #AirPollution and #Pollinators Losing the scent, via @Scienceline
https://t.co/HfpfU1JzH7
@UK_CEH @UKCEH_ACE @RobbieGirling @jmwryalls @chpfrang
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A new study suggests air pollution is changing flowers’ scents, making it more difficult for bees to find and pollinate flowers.
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The latest paper from the @NERCscience DOMINO project investigates ozone degradation of the volatile organic compounds used by 🐝 @UK_CEH @RobbieGirling @chpfrang @jmwryalls
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Journal of Chemical Ecology - Biogenic volatile organic compounds (bVOCs), synthesised by plants, are important mediators of ecological interactions that can also undergo a series of reactions in...
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*SECOND NEW POSTDOC POSITION* we’re looking for a #pollination #ecologist to join my group in the Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Systems @ILSE_UniSQ as part of a new GRDC-funded project on canola pollination collaborating with @CAER_Reading
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. #training via @UK_CEH Field Electronics and Sensors Edinburgh 13-14 March 2024 from £225 https://t.co/aXLauvh2y9 PL RP @AntheaMilnes @APEM_Ltd @ARUP @ARUPUK @ATFreshwater @atkinsglobal, @EcologyTweets @avonwt @beck_rachel @BenLangfordVOC @BenthosNews @bethan_purse
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👩🔬👨🔬Long-term lab manager position in a new Center of Excellence @VOLT_center in Copenhagen📠🧪🧫 We are looking for an organized technical person to work with us with varied, exciting tasks https://t.co/9Yms8kkQGA
#VOCs #PTRMS #GCMS #experiments #FieldWork Please RT!
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Most of our shags are missing. The latest trip to the Isle of May only yielded 7 birds with colour rings,same time last year it was 528! We know large numbers have succumbed to the poor weather.All sightings invaluable to shags@ceh.ac.uk
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Opportunity for a PhD project in the new INTERIORS facility with me, Marv Shaw and James Lee. Details here: https://t.co/DXC1zbm826
@YorkEnvironment @AtmosChemYork
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PhD Project - Towards a better understanding of indoor air quality in the home at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
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A UKCEH-study led by @BenLangfordVOC @UKCEH_ACE established that the method of non-invasive, passive monitoring of cattle breath could work https://t.co/nKcI72rKML New sensors to be developed by the DETECT project will be trialled at six major dairy farms
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I'm excited to be part of this innovative study with the good folk @SRUC @roboscientific @Zoetis and @ritchieAgri
An innovative new project will develop a non-invasive method to monitor a cattle disease that costs UK agriculture ~£80 million a year A team including UKCEH will focus on detection of bovine respiratory disease, a major issue for beef & dairy farmers https://t.co/sL52qcSfdp
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Severe air pollution is a particular problem in Delhi at this time of year and has made news headlines again in recent days UKCEH scientists are among those working to measure and mitigate the city's air quality issues Dr James Cash explains more: https://t.co/fNqGXHrf0B
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@BBCMidlandsRBX interview just appeared @YouTube on @DrDavidGK's channel: Pollution stops bees finding flowers https://t.co/dvMAjlf3hp On our recent paper led by @BenLangfordVOC: Mapping the effects of ozone pollution and mixing on floral odour plum...
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