Robert Griffiths

4 weeks ago | dx.doi.org | Robert Griffiths

In August 2022, Archie Battersbee, a twelve-year-old boy who had suffered severe brain damage in a domestic accident, died following the legally sanctioned removal of his life support at the Royal London Hospital. This case was notable for the five-month legal dispute between Archie's family and the hospital trust about whether his life support should be ended.

1 month ago | deseret.com | Robert Griffiths

As a teenager, my dream was to make use of my foreign experience and language capability to work overseas. I felt I could make the biggest impact promoting American interests in the U.S. diplomatic corps. Newly married, I was finishing graduate school at a prestigious university in 1982 when unemployment was over 10%. Knowing that entry into the Foreign Service was highly competitive, I also took classes at the business school and the law school to broaden my employment possibilities.

Jan 16, 2025 | biorxiv.org | Tim Goodall |Susheel Bhanu Busi |Robert Griffiths |Hyun S Gweon

AbstractBiodiversity surveys are critical for detecting environmental change; however, undertaking them at scale and capturing all available diversity through observation is challenging and costly. This study evaluated the potential of soil-extracted eDNA to describe plant communities and compared these findings to traditional, observation-based, field surveys.

Jan 12, 2025 | yahoo.com | Robert Griffiths

To my surprise, when I began graduate school in public policy back East, one of the first case studies was the Central Utah Project. As the professor was introducing the case, describing how federal government funding was allocated to provide water for agricultural irrigation, household use and recreation, it became clear that in his mind the project was something of a boondoggle. Why should the U.S. taxpayers pay for a few Utahns to water ski in the middle of a desert?

Nov 20, 2024 | nature.com | Kelly Mason |Tim Goodall |Ashley Taylor |Caroline Peacock |Robert Griffiths |Pippa Chapman | +2 more

AbstractCurrent understanding of soil carbon dynamics suggests that plant litter quality and soil mineralogy control the formation of mineral-associated soil organic carbon (SOC). Due to more efficient microbial anabolism, high-quality litter may produce more microbial residues for stabilisation on mineral surfaces.