You and the planet: Tomorrow's Earth

------=_Part_200600461_437849799.1642418688417 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_200600462_866317614.1642418688417" ------=_Part_200600462_866317614.1642418688417 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable **Public newsletter =C2=A0 **You and the planet: Tomorrow=E2=80=99s Earth Our latest You and the planet event on 27 January looks at what is needed t= o tackle the climate crisis and how to ensure that scientists, policy maker= s, individuals, and industry come together to take action. Climate Editor a= t the BBC Justin Rowlatt hosts the online event to be livestreamed at 6pm. Find out more [ /you-and-the-planet-tomorrows-earth/] =C2=A0 **You and the planet: be part of the conversation The You and the planet series of events has examined the current state of t= he Earth, exploring the need to do things differently for a sustainable fut= ure. Catch up now with the You and the planet series: [ earth/] **State of the Earth How can we tackle climate change? [ and-lectures/2019/10/state-of-the-earth/] =C2=A0 **Food How can your diet make a difference? [ ts-and-lectures/2020/01/you-and-the-planet-food/] =C2=A0 **The new normal What is the new normal? [ es/2020/10/you-and-the-planet-new-normal/] =C2=A0 **Air Can we tackle air pollution? [ ectures/2021/02/you-and-the-planet-air/] **Energy How does energy use affect the planet? [ ents-and-lectures/2019/11/you-and-the-planet-energy/] =C2=A0 **Biodiversity How can I protect the environment? [ -and-lectures/2020/02/you-and-the-planet-biodiversity/] =C2=A0 **Technology Can technology help us save the planet? [ vents-and-lectures/2020/12/you-and-the-planet-technology/] =C2=A0 **Oceans Can we save our seas? [ /2021/04/you-and-the-planet-oceans/] ------------ **The Online Information Environment In conjunction with the launch of a new report examining how the internet n= ow shapes our understanding of and engagement with scientific information, = Professor Gina Neff will chair an online discussion around the report=E2=80= =99s findings. The panel discussion on 19 January explores how the internet= has transformed the way people consume, produce, and disseminate informati= on and how we ensure that people have access to high quality scientific inf= ormation to guide decision-making. Register now [ online-information-environment/] ------------- =C2=A0 **The secret world of fungi Revealing the surreal and hidden world of fungi, Entangled Life: How Fungi = Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake= , was the winner of the 2021 Royal Society=E2=80=99s Book Prize. Entangled = Life invites the reader to explore the secret world of fungi, and offers a = new perspective on our view and understanding of the world. =C2=A0 =E2=80=9CFor as long as I can remember I=E2=80=99ve been fascinated by fung= i and the transformations they provoke. A solid log becomes soil, a lump of= dough rises into bread, a mushroom erupts overnight =E2=80=93 but how?...W= hat=E2=80=99s astonishing is the gulf between what we expect to find and wh= at we find when we actually look. Fungi, [too], trick us out of our preconc= eptions. Their lives and behaviours are startling. The more I=E2=80=99ve st= udied fungi, the more my expectations have loosened, and the more familiar = concepts have started to appear unfamiliar.=E2=80=9D Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Min= ds and Shape Our Futures Find out more [ ence-book-prize-winner/] ------------ =C2=A0 **The other Somerset House Far away from the Somerset House in London which housed the Royal Society a= t one time, a crew of British sailors spent their fourth winter stranded in= the Arctic in 1832=E2=80=9333. Read our blog to find out how they survived= . Read now [ --------- =C2=A0 **Watch now: Can supercomputers help stop the spread of tropical diseases? Tropical, mosquito-borne diseases like dengue fever could spread in Europe = because of increased globalisation, trade, urbanisation and climate change.= Find out how supercomputers are being used to fight dengue fever worldwide= . 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Climate Editor at the BBC Just= in Rowlatt hosts the online event to be livestreamed at 6pm. [Find out more](3D"=) = =C2=A0 =20 You and th= e planet: be part of the conversation = The You and th= e planet series of events has examined the current state of the Earth, expl= oring the need to do things differently for a sustainable future. Catch up = now with the You and the planet series: [3D"](3D") State of t= he Earth [How can we tackle climate change?](3D"http://=)= span> = =C2=A0 =20 [3D"](3D")= > Food [How can your diet make a differ= ence?](3D"http://=) = =C2=A0 =20 [3D"](3D") The new no= rmal [What is the new normal?=](3D"http://=) = =C2=A0 =20 [3D"](3D") Air [Can we tackle air pollution?](3D"=)= 1> =20 [3D"](3D") Energy [How does energy use affect th= e planet?](3D"http://=) = =C2=A0 =20 [3D"](3D") Biodiversi= ty [How can I protect the= environment?](3D"http://=) = =C2=A0 =20 [3D"](3D") Technology= [Can technology help us = save the planet?](3D"http://=) = =C2=A0 =20 [3D"](3D") Oceans= > [Can we save our seas?](3D"=) = =C2=A0 =20 [3D"](3D") The Online= Information Environment = In conjunction= with the launch of a new report examining how the internet now shapes our = understanding of and engagement with scientific information, Professor Gina= Neff will chair an online discussion around the report=E2=80=99s findings.= The panel discussion on 19 January explores how the internet has transform= ed the way people consume, produce, and disseminate information and how we = ensure that people have access to high quality scientific information to gu= ide decision-making. [Register now](3D"=) = =C2=A0 =20 [3D"](3D") The secret= world of fungi = Revealing the = surreal and hidden world of fungi, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our W= orlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake, was= the winner of the 2021 Royal Society=E2=80=99s Book Prize. Entangled L= ife invites the reader to explore the secret world of fungi and offers= a new perspective on our view and understanding of the world. =C2=A0 =E2=80=9CFor a= s long as I can remember I=E2=80=99ve been fascinated by fungi and the tran= sformations they provoke. A solid log becomes soil, a lump of dough rises i= nto bread, a mushroom erupts overnight =E2=80=93 but how?...What=E2=80=99s = astonishing is the gulf between what we expect to find and what we find whe= n we actually look. Fungi, [too], trick us out of our preconceptions. Their= lives and behaviours are startling. The more I=E2=80=99ve studied fungi, t= he more my expectations have loosened, and the more familiar concepts have = started to appear unfamiliar.=E2=80=9D Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our= Minds and Shape Our Futures [Find out more](3D"=) = =C2=A0 =20 [3D"https:=](3D") The other = Somerset House = Far away from = the Somerset House in London which housed the Royal Society at one time, a = crew of British sailors spent their fourth winter stranded in the Arctic in= 1832=E2=80=9333. Read our blog to find out how they survived. [Read now](3D"=) = =C2=A0 =20 [3D"](3D") Watch now:= Can supercomputers help stop the spread of tropical diseases? = Tropical, mosq= uito-borne diseases like dengue fever could spread in Europe because of inc= reased globalisation, trade, urbanisation and climate change. Find out how = supercomputers are being used to fight dengue fever worldwide. 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