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European summer droughts since 2015 unprecedented in past two millennia

15 Mar 2021

Recent summer droughts in Europe are far more severe than anything in the past 2,100 years, according to a new study.

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‘Overwhelming’ international support for more government action on environment

01 Mar 2021

Ahead of COP26, a survey experiment taking in the UK, US, Brazil, India, China, Indonesia and Poland finds huge support for more action from...

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Cambridge psychologist helps Facebook fight climate change misinformation

18 Feb 2021

Social media giant turns to behaviour and communication expert Dr Sander van der Linden to help them tackle the dangerous anti-science myths that...

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Wind turbines

Low-carbon policies can be ‘balanced’ to benefit small firms and average households – study

18 Jan 2021

A review of ten types of policy used to reduce carbon suggests that some costs fall on those less able to bear them – but it also shows these...

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 ̽»¨Ö±²¥Khone waterfall, Mekong River

Muddying the waters: rock breakdown may play less of a role in regulating climate than previously thought

21 Dec 2020

̽»¨Ö±²¥weathering of rocks at the Earth’s surface may remove less greenhouse gas from the atmosphere than previous estimates indicated, says new...

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Gulf of Mexico from space

New research will use space telescopes to monitor energy efficiency of buildings

07 Dec 2020

̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge is one of 21 organisations awarded a share of over £7 million in funding meant to put the UK at the forefront of the...

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Beyond the pandemic: build a greener future

09 Nov 2020

It is crucial that recovery from the pandemic is shaped to support the responses to climate change and biodiversity loss if we hope to mitigate yet...

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Dr Emily Grossman, Sir Jonathan Porritt, Tyson Yunkaporta

Cambridge Zero launches first climate festival

06 Nov 2020

Cambridge researchers offer sneak peek of blueprint for green future as part of free week-long climate festival.

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Baby orangutans in Central Kalimantan. Expansion of oil palm plantations is destroying their forest habitat.

Climate change and food demand could shrink species’ habitats by almost a quarter by 2100

06 Nov 2020

Mammals, birds and amphibians worldwide have lost on average 18% of their natural habitat range as a result of changes in land use and climate change...

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View from Baliau village, Manam

New drone technology advances volcanic monitoring

30 Oct 2020

Specially-adapted drones, developed by an international team involving scientists from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, are transforming how we forecast...

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Iowa County Drought

Globalised economy making water, energy and land insecurity worse: study

26 Oct 2020

̽»¨Ö±²¥first large-scale study of the risks that countries face from dependence on water, energy and land resources has found that globalisation may be...

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Planting ideas: Botanic Garden opens access with living collections portal

02 Oct 2020

A new web portal to Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Botanic Garden's entire living collection, 14,000 plants, aims to open access and fast-track urgent global...

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