Topic description and stories

Sample of activated charcoal used to capture carbon dioxide

Electrified charcoal ‘sponge’ can soak up CO2 directly from the air

05 Jun 2024

Researchers have developed a low-cost, energy-efficient method for making materials that can capture carbon dioxide directly from the air.

Read more
Forest canopy

Cambridge on World Environment Day 2024

05 Jun 2024

This year's World Environment Day focus is on land restoration. So we spoke with three Cambridge researchers working on reviving landscapes, boosting...

Read more
Rainforest on the south-eastern edge of Amazonia, Brazil.

Rainforest wildlife under threat as below-canopy temperatures rise

03 Jun 2024

Assumptions that tropical forest canopies protect from the effects of climate change are unfounded, say researchers.

Read more

LUT Rector Juha-Matti Saksa and Clare Hall President President Alan Short and signing the joint agreement

Clare Hall, Cambridge and LUT ̽»¨Ö±²¥, Finland sign agreement on fellowships and global climate prize

28 May 2024

Clare Hall, Cambridge and LUT ̽»¨Ö±²¥, Finland, establish a Visiting Fellowship programme and joint Global Prize for Solutions to Climate Change...

Read more

Cement recycling method could help solve one of the world’s biggest climate challenges

22 May 2024

Researchers from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge have developed a method to produce very low-emission concrete at scale – an innovation that could be...

Read more
Morning sun over Los Angeles, USA.

2023 was the hottest summer in two thousand years

14 May 2024

Researchers have found that 2023 was the hottest summer in the Northern Hemisphere in the past two thousand years, almost four degrees warmer than...

Read more

Park Farm cows look up from feeding.

Transition Live: Park Farm

14 May 2024

̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge's Park Farm hosted one of the most important new agricultural events on the UK farming calendar this month.

Read more
Ali Banwell and Laura Stevens installing the time-lapse camera used in this study on the George VI Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

Ice shelves fracture under weight of meltwater lakes

03 May 2024

Heavy pooling meltwater can fracture ice, potentially leading to ice shelf collapse

Read more
Left to right: Clare Grey, Xinyu Liu, Alex Forse

Mess is best: disordered structure of battery-like devices improves performance

18 Apr 2024

̽»¨Ö±²¥energy density of supercapacitors – battery-like devices that can charge in seconds or a few minutes – can be improved by increasing the ‘...

Read more

Steven Barrett

Steven Barrett appointed Regius Professor of Engineering

17 Apr 2024

An expert on the environmental impacts of aviation, Barrett joins the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge from MIT.

Read more

Fish bellies, fava beans and food security

05 Apr 2024

Cambridge Zero and Cambridge Global Food Security gather academics and experts to share solutions for the planet’s looming food production problem.

Read more

Partha Dasgupta wins BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award for Economics

04 Apr 2024

Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta (Economics, St. John's) wins the BBVA award for Economics, Finance and Management for his groundbreaking work in...

Read more

Pages