the moors for the future partnership

Science meets the eye! is an art exhibition celebrating the role of upland research in the Peak District. It brings scientific data to life through images, illustrations and computer graphics based on research projects in the moorlands. The project is about making links between science and people. Data can be a dry business. But visualising results with exciting graphics, stunning photos or slightly esoteric imagery can really inspire people to find out more. The art work illustrates the range of important research that is being undertaken in the uplands concerning climate change, flooding and many other areas that impact all of us in our everyday lives.
	Seventeen entries have been submitted to the exhibition and they are on display at Peak District National Park visitor centres and other public spaces throughout 2007. Delegates at Moors for the Future’s fifth annual research conference “Climate Change and Upland Management” helped select the one winner and four commended entries. The five commended entries below have been produced as postcards and an exhibition guide is also available. We hope the stunning images will really make you take a fresh look at the array of top scientific research that is taking place. We do hope you enjoy a sample of the entries shown below and hope it prompts you to visit the exhibition. You may also like to hear our four Science meets the Ears! podcasts.

Winds of Change - meteorological instruments monitoring climate change near to Snake Summit on Bleaklow. Martin Evans (University of Manchester)	OVERALL WINNER Modelled suspended sediment lead concentrations - computer modelling techniques and environmental monitoring have been used to produce this map of lead contamination in Bleaklow catchments. Lighter areas indicate higher suspended sediment lead concentrations. James Rothwell, Martin Evans, John Lindsay, Tim Allott	Computer imagery of water flow - computer-generated hydrological models inform successful moorland restoration techniques. Brian Irvine, Joseph Holden (both University of Leeds) & Charlie Horsford (Moors for the Future)
		2008 Exhibition Dates: Jan-Feb - Bakewell Visitor Centre Mar - Moorland Centre, Edale 5-17 May - Staffordshire Moorlands 24-27 May - Longnor 16-27 June - Environment Agency, Nottingham July - Moorland Centre, Edale Aug - Bakewell Visitor Centre Dec - Castleton Visitor Centre If you are interested in housing the exhibition please contacts us.
A good day on Holme Moss - students helping to spread heather brash on restoration experimental plots at Holme Moss in late winter 2007. Simon Caporn, Robin Sen, Chris Field, Elliot Jones, Jacky Carroll, Nancy Dise (Manchester Metropolitan University)	Pattern - patterns of gully erosion on the summit of Bleaklow mapped using high resolution laser altimetry. Martin Evans (University of Manchester)
Science Meets the Ears! Podcasts
Fire in the Peak District Podcast Two entries to the exhibition looked at how to alleviate wildfires on the Peak District moors. Meet the people behind the work and see the devastation fires can cause.	Four podcasts that provide further information (including interviews with researchers behind the work) from a number of the Science Meets the Eye entries can be downloaded here. There were funded by the Economic and Social Research Council as part of: 7th-16th March 2008 Only audio podcasts are currently available to download here, but there are three different podcast types available to listen to on iPods at the exhibition: standard MP3 audio podcast enhanced podcast (M4A file) video podcast (MP4 file) Standard podcasts can be listened to on any MP3 player. Video and enhanced Podcasts can be viewed on video ipods, iTunes and Quicktime. Right click the podcast icon and choose 'save target as...' to save the podcasts to your computer. Left click the podcast icon to hear/view the podcasts.	Universities of Manchester Entries Podcast Manchester University and Manchester Metropolitan University submitted a number of entries to the competition and here, we caught up with the authors of three of the entries , which were all commended.
Sustainable Upland Podcast This project has brought together researchers from Leeds, Durham, Sussex and Sheffield Universities to try to model what our uplands will be like over the coming decades.		Beneficial Fungus on Bilberry Roots Podcast An interview with Dr Neal Wright who explains how small jam jars filled with a secret ingredient are helping to revegetate the moors.


	\| \| \| The partners are: Peak District National Park Authority, National Trust, Natural England, United Utilities, Severn Trent Water, Environment Agency, Derbyshire County Council, Sheffield City Council, Yorkshire Water and Moorland Owners.