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Nov 17, 2014

NERC has revealed the first tranche of highlight topics that will tackle some of the biggest environmental challenges facing us today.

NERC's Strategic Programme Advisory Group (SPAG) carefully considered 150 ideas submitted by the environmental science community during summer 2014 and developed several areas of research, called highlight topics. After reviewing the topics, NERC's Science & Innovation Strategy Board (SISB) has decided to pursue five:

• Understanding and predicting anomalous trends in surface temperature and implications for long-term climate response.
• Environmental pathways and impacts of nanomaterials.
• Dynamics of freshwater ecosystems within an integrated landscape system.
• Integrated dynamics of natural capital systems: bringing the natural environment into economic decision making.
• eDNA, a key new tool for 21st century ecology.

These highlight topics will make sure NERC is funding research to tackle the societal challenges identified in its ambitious strategy 'The Business of the Environment'.

Visit the NERC website for further information >>

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