• Question: Does your work help the environment???

    Asked by kierakieraxd to Alexandra, Dean, Jess, Luisa, Sian on 16 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Sian Foch-Gatrell

      Sian Foch-Gatrell answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Short answer is yes.

    • Photo: Luisa Ostertag

      Luisa Ostertag answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Not really, to be honest.

    • Photo: Alexandra Kamins

      Alexandra Kamins answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Well, I guess not directly. My hope is that we’ll understand whether or not these bats I study are hunted too much, so we can act if we need to. Also, understanding how we are truly part of the whole environment around us in terms of our health goes a long way towards promoting environmental wellbeing!

    • Photo: Dean Whittaker

      Dean Whittaker answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      unfortunately mine doesn’t directly. Though we do look at the pure physics behind glasses, maybe we’ll make a discovery that’ll help improve solar cells. Though I doubt it (but then, that’s the point in science – you don’t know what you’re going to find out).

    • Photo: Jessica Housden

      Jessica Housden answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Well, in an indirect way as long term it will help us understand how the environment works and so what we can do to prevent climate change.

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