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鈥淓legant鈥 algae solution wins Cambridge Zero student Climate Challenge

13 Mar 2023

A team of student entrepreneurs who see algae as a potential business solution for reducing methane emissions from landfill and waste-water sites won...

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A King, a climate change book for kids and Cambridge Zero

09 Mar 2023

Cambridge Zero Director Professor Emily Shuckburgh, King Charles and Natural England Chair Tony Juniper have co-authored a new book on climate change...

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Phone-based measurements provide fast, accurate information about the health of forests

07 Mar 2023

Researchers have developed an algorithm that uses computer vision techniques to accurately measure trees almost five times faster than traditional...

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Social media posts around solar geoengineering 鈥榮pill over鈥 into conspiracy theories

28 Feb 2023

Researchers from the 探花直播 of Cambridge have analysed more than 800,000 tweets and found that negative emotions expressed about geoengineering...

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Team members from Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge, RAF and TUDCI  Photos show: Front row from left to right: Dr Isabelle Steinke (TUDCI), Dr Shaun Fitzgerald (CCRC), Sir David King (CCRC), Professo

Refreeze the Arctic Foundation funds marine cloud brightening research

28 Feb 2023

探花直播Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge and Refreeze the Arctic Foundation (RAF) signed a multi-year agreement to fund research methods for...

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鈥楢ntisocial鈥 damselfish are scaring off cleaner fish customers 鈥 and this could contribute to coral reef breakdown

23 Feb 2023

Damselfish have been discovered to disrupt 鈥榗leaning services鈥 vital to the health of reefs. And climate change may mean this is only likely to get...

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Full moon over the Greenland Ice Sheet

Researchers build more detailed picture of the movement of Greenland Ice Sheet

10 Feb 2023

Researchers have found that the movement of glaciers in Greenland is more complex than previously thought, with deformation in regions of warmer ice...

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Wheat crops being sprayed with fertiliser

Carbon emissions from fertilisers could be reduced by as much as 80% by 2050

09 Feb 2023

Researchers have calculated the carbon footprint for the full life cycle of fertilisers, which are responsible for approximately five percent of...

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Researchers unravel the complex reaction pathways in zero-carbon fuel synthesis

20 Jan 2023

Researchers have used isotopes of carbon to trace how carbon dioxide emissions could be converted into low-carbon fuels and chemicals. 探花直播result...

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Runaway West Antarctic ice retreat can be slowed by climate-driven changes in ocean temperature

16 Jan 2023

New research finds that ice-sheet-wide collapse in West Antarctica isn鈥檛 inevitable: the pace of ice loss varies according to regional differences in...

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Solar-powered reactor for converting plastic and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels

Solar-powered system converts plastic and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels

09 Jan 2023

Researchers have developed a system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products 鈥 using...

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Sea change for Hull

16 Dec 2022

With a changing climate and rising sea levels putting cities at risk of flooding, it鈥檚 crucial for planners to increase their cities鈥 resilience. A...

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