{"id":577,"date":"2017-03-18T14:12:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T14:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/?p=577"},"modified":"2017-03-19T12:10:01","modified_gmt":"2017-03-19T12:10:01","slug":"biodiversity-in-a-sculpture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/2017\/03\/18\/biodiversity-in-a-sculpture\/","title":{"rendered":"Biodiversity in a Sculpture"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is saterday 18th<\/sup> March 2017 and the Southampton Science and Engineering festival<\/span> <\/strong><\/a>#sotsef is in full swing. In the past weeks, BioSci staff and students have prepared exhibitions, demonstrations and hands-on activities on circadian clocks, bacterial infections, evo-devo, DNA and brains to share with the science-loving general public.<\/p>\n

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Southampton sculptor Chris Cudlip worked with Dr James Dyke to produce a clay representation of a lake sediment core. Different diatom species are represented in relief. A critical transition occurs halfway up the column.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the exhibitions is an artwork generated by Southampton sculptor Chris Cudlip in collaboration with BioSci researcher Prof Doncaster<\/span><\/strong> <\/a>and colleagues in geography. This artwork, which contains diatoms in clay\u00a0(a type\u00a0of algea!),\"mydia1\"\u00a0interprets research conducted by a team of academics in the UK & China on how increased pollution in Chinese lakes leads to changes in biodiversity which acted as a signal of an impending ecosystem collapse (Doncaster et al 2016- click here<\/a><\/span><\/strong> for a link to their publication)<\/p>\n

The\u00a0sculpture beautifully shows how changes in biodiversity threatens collapse of an ecosystem– \u00a0\u00a0click here<\/span>\u00a0 <\/strong>for more information on the artwork and to find out more about the science behind it click here.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The sculpture will feature in Southampton Science & Engineering Day, a riverside festival in Southampton later in the year, Winchester Science Festival, and Brighton Science Festival after the summer. It will eventually have a permanent place in Geography & Environment, but\u00a0we\u00a0hope to have it on display in B85 for some time as well.<\/p>\n

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Don’t miss it and do talk to the researcher to find our more about biodiversity and explore this poster for more information <\/strong>poster plinth 2 (1)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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