Environmental physics essay competition winners
2011
Joint winners:
- Gabriel Davies
Why Physics Should Decide the Future of Transport (PDF, 283 KB) - Thomas Smith
Not just recycled sunlight: Biomass burning and its influence on global climate change (PDF, 3 MB)
Runner-up: Emily Adlam
Talking About Communication (PDF, 90 KB)
Commended: William Parker
Nuclear Power (PDF, 450 KB)
2010
Winner: Pam Dugdale
Students to solve the world's energy problems! (PDF, 315 KB)
Runner up: Sophie Webb
To what extent can orbital forcing still be seen as the main driver of global climate change? (PDF, 275 KB)
Joint third place:
- Katie Atkinson
Las Vegas' Water Supply: The stakes are beginning to rise (PDF, 400 KB) - Chris Holt
The Roots of Power (PDF, 195 KB)
Highly commended:
- Caleb Leung
LED: A new way to brighten both our homes and our future (PDF, 201 KB) - Evan Bailey
What will happen to vehicles without fossil fuels? (PDF, 500 KB)
2008
Winner: Chris Knight
Curing the Climate? (PDF, 196 KB)
Runner-up: Ruth Mitchell
'Magnetic trees' and human health (PDF, 722 KB)
Highly commended: Sophie Mead
Solar Power: Is It Worth the Energy? (PDF, 74.2 KB)
2007
Winner: Louise St. Germain
Suburbia 1, Kyoto 0 (PDF, 1.07 MB)
Runner-up: Stephen Sheen
It's not easy being green! (PDF, 112 KB)
2006
Joint Winners:
- Chris Holt
Energy from the Oceans (PDF, 140 KB) - Felix Palmer
Physics: saviour of the planet? (PDF, 74 KB)
Runner-up: Bethan White
Physics in the Current Climate (PDF, 269 KB)
2005
Winner: Sally Brown
P.G. Tips Over the Edge (PDF, 718 KB)
Runners-up:
- Emma Turner
Ice Cores and Milankovitch (PDF, 69 KB) - Jennifer McClure
The Northern Lights; a clue about the real cause of global warming? (PDF, 239 KB)