Rupesh Paudyal

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·Feb 1, 2021

10 Golden Rules for Reforestation

Our planet is in a state of emergency. Wildfires ravage drought-ridden landscapes often spilling over to towns and burning them to dust. Tropical storms and floods submerge our neighbourhoods, destroying the lives of millions. Outbreaks of new tropical diseases are rising, increasing the risk of more future epidemics and pandemics…

Reforestation

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Reforestation

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TalkPlant

·Jan 14, 2021

Sustainable bioproduction: feed bacteria carbon dioxide to make sugar, bioplastic and biofertilisers

We used fossil fuels to build a modern society and global industries. It’s now destroying the environment. Millions of species are at risk of being extinct; millions die of air pollution each year; climate events already affect the lives of millions around the world — thanks mostly to fossil fuels…

Circulareconomy

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Sustainable bioproduction: feed bacteria carbon dioxide to make sugar, bioplastic and…

Circulareconomy

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TalkPlant

·Dec 28, 2020

Only new ways to make and break plastic will solve environment pollution

Plastic. This simple yet ingenious material literally changed our lives. Have a look around you, and you’ll notice that most things contain plastics. The computer, which I’m using to write this blog, the clothes that I’m currently wearing, and pretty much everything I can lay my eyes on in my…

Circulareconomy

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Only new ways to make and break plastic will solve environment pollution

Circulareconomy

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TalkPlant

·Oct 17, 2020

Post-PhD Career 3: Dr Kasia Makowska, Press and Science Communications Officer

When I finished my PhD, I carried on working in research, partly because I was unaware of other career options. Three years more in academia, and it was time to move on. …

Science Communication

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Science Communication

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TalkPlant

·Sep 15, 2020

Fish farming has a sustainability problem and genetic engineering might be the solution

As the world endures the impacts of a rapidly changing climate — sea level rise, extreme weather events, warming and acidifying oceans (among many others) — policymakers and the public should critically examine how food production contributes to these worrying trends. …

Biotechnology

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Fish farming has a sustainability problem and genetic engineering might be the solution

Biotechnology

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TalkPlant

·May 10, 2020

Coronavirus: COVID-19 more likely to kill black and Asian people

People of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are more likely to die from the Coronavirus Disease 2019, or Covid-19, a new study finds. In the largest Covid-19 study conducted by any country to date, researchers analysed health records of over 17.4 …

Coronavirus

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Coronavirus

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TalkPlant

·May 3, 2020

Post-PhD Career 2: Policy Manager

This is the second part of my own career path in the TalkPlant Post-PhD Career blog series. In the first part, I wrote about my previous role as a Research Programme Manager at the National Institute for Health Research. Here, I write about my role in science policy. Senior Funding Policy Manager at UK Research and Innovation My 12-month…

Academia

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Academia

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TalkPlant

·May 3, 2020

Post-PhD Career 1: Research Programme Manager

When I finished my PhD, I carried on working in research, partly because I was unaware of other career options. Three years more in academia, and it was time to move on. …

PhD

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