While trees can cool some cities significantly during the day, new research shows that tree canopies can also trap heat and raise temperatures at night. ̽»¨Ö±²¥study aims to help urban planners choose the best combinations of trees and planting locations to combat urban heat stress.
Climate governance is dominated by men, yet the health impacts of the climate crisis often affect women, girls, and gender-diverse people disproportionately, argue researchers ahead of the upcoming 29th United Nations Climate Summit (COP29) in Azerbaijan.
Tree planting has been widely touted as a cost-effective way of reducing global warming, due to trees’ ability to store large quantities of carbon from the atmosphere.
10 companies taking Cambridge ideas out of the lab and into the real world to address the climate emergency.
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Meet the new leader of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative, Professor Melissa Leach CBE.
Meet Emily Shuckburgh, Director of Cambridge Zero. She’s been a figurehead of climate science for decades, bringing her prowess to the ̽»¨Ö±²¥, the British Antarctic Survey, the United Nations and beyond.
Inside the programme protecting Europe's land, sea and species.
Meet the team reintroducing large herbivores to the coldest place in Spain.
Inside the momentous effort to restore a precious marine world.
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