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Asked by anon-370676 on 14 Nov 2023.
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Octavia Brayley answered on 14 Nov 2023: last edited 14 Nov 2023 7:13 pm
This is a great question! I think all scientists think their research is very important, and I’d say that any research in climate science and the environment has an importance of 10! And every science project is like a jigsaw piece…they’re all important individually, but they’re even more important when they’re combined with other projects. Scientists are being encouraged to work together to tackle some of the largest climate problems and I think that’s essential to protect our planet. I’d recommend this YouTube channel to find out about loads of cool sciencey things!
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Jonathan Allen answered on 14 Nov 2023:
10 because I am playing a key role in projects to build new nuclear power stations, without which the UK would have to rely on fossil fuels more because other renewable energy sources (solar, wind etc.) are not quite good enough yet to provide all the electricity we need – so that’s why we need new nuclear power station projects if we are going to fight climate change.
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Ian McKinley answered on 15 Nov 2023:
I am working on several different projects at present. These indirectly support acceptance of nuclear power by showing how wastes can be safely disposed of deep underground (in Japan, Switzerland and the UK) – so these probably have an importance of about 8 to 9. I also work on cleaning up contamination after the Fukushima accident, but the risk here is relatively small – it has to be done, but is not so urgent, so maybe about 7.
In all of these projects, I am working with younger scientists (and students) to help train them to carry on this work, which will last for at least a hundred years. As there is now a great shortage of scientists with the wide technical background needed, this maybe has an importance nearer to 10. -
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Andrew Lyon answered on 15 Nov 2023:
This is a great question, I think like most I’d say a 10 for importance and that’s because the work I’m doing is setting environmental standards for UK industry for the next 10 – 15 years.
However, I’m not doing this by myself, it’s a collaboration with industry, industry groups and the public can also have their say. This is the great thing about science, you might think you’re working on something small and might not think it’s important but it may be a very important part of a larger project or it may help someone in the future.
A very good example of this is a German scientist called Wilhem Rontgen. He discovered a new type of radiation that he couldn’t explain so called them X-Rays. This was back in about 1895 and I’m sure he couldn’t have imagined at that time how they would revolutionise medicine, are used for airport security, used in hand held analysers to tell you what elements are in a piece of metal and even to detect if artwork is fake!
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Amy Stockwell answered on 17 Nov 2023:
It depends on what my projects are being compared to. For the companies I work with the projects are very important and therefore a 10.
But I help lots of companies make small changes. Each project on it’s own does not make a noticeable difference to the world, so should score a 1.00000000000003. But add them all together and those small changes add up.
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