{"id":4890,"date":"2016-03-10T12:07:49","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T12:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scotland.gov.uk\/coastal-monitoring\/?p=4890"},"modified":"2019-04-03T12:05:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T11:05:57","slug":"our-inspirational-women-in-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2016\/03\/10\/our-inspirational-women-in-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Inspirational Women in Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

To further inspire and promote the role of women in STEM roles, two of Marine Scotland Science\u2019s highly experienced oceanographers will be taking part in Scottish science events this and next month.<\/p>\n

Resident Oceanographer and ScienceGrrl Dr Sarah Hughes<\/a>\u00a0will be participating in British Science Week<\/a>, the UK\u2019s annual celebration of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, from 11th to the 20th March with \u201cThe Untold Story of Aberdeen\u2019s Women in Science\u201d and \u201cBusting the Myth\u201d. Both events are free and open to all. Dr Hughes will be sharing accounts of inspirational moments, struggles and triumphs from her career in science and will later be busting some science myths with her fellow ScienceGrrls.<\/p>\n

Continuing on with the appreciation of all things STEM, the Edinburgh International Science Festival 2016<\/a>\u00a0begins on 26th March and continues through to the 10th April.<\/p>\n

Dr Bee Berx<\/a>, fellow Oceanographer in Marine Scotland Science will be participating in a hot topic discussion looking at the effect of plastics in our oceans, ocean tracking and the food chain. Our global oceans are teeming with all sorts of life, some of which hasn’t even been discovered yet, so dive into our oceans and discover how they are under threat of turning into an Ocean Junkyard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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