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Aerial photographs of Britain from the 1940s to 2009 – dubbed the ‘historical Google Earth’ – have been made freely available online.

̽»¨Ö±²¥filling and draining of meltwater lakes has been found to cause a floating Antarctic ice shelf to flex, potentially threatening its stability.

Is the North Pole still important, when most of us will never visit it and know almost nothing about it? A new book by ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge researcher Dr Michael Bravo charts the history of the North Pole and finds a place that is both real and imaginary, with fascinating stories to tell.

In early January, a team of Cambridge scientists set out on an expedition to study and map the Larsen C ice shelf in western Antarctica, and – ice conditions permitting – search for the wreckage of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance.Ìý

Professor Tom Spencer from Cambridge’s Department of Geography and Professor Gerd Masselink from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Plymouth say evidence suggests there should be far stricter controls on coastal developments.

Research finds significant inequalities in cuts to council services across the country, with deprived areas in the north of England and London seeing the biggest drops in local authority spending since 2010.

̽»¨Ö±²¥chemical composition of gases emitted from volcanoes – which are used to monitor changes in volcanic activity – can change depending on the size of gas bubbles rising to the surface, and relate to the way in which they erupt. ̽»¨Ö±²¥, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, could be used to improve the forecasting of threats posed by certain volcanoes.Ìý

̽»¨Ö±²¥beaches of Singapore are awash with a wealth of marine life, and Cambridge student Pei Rong Cheo is on a mission to promote and conserve it. Read more about her citizen science programme here.

Researchers studying the hunting of ibex in Switzerland over the past 40 years have shown how hunts, when tightly monitored, can help maintain animal populations at optimal levels.Ìý

A new interactive online atlas, which illustrates when, where and possibly how fertility rates began to fall in England and Wales during the Victorian era has been made freely available from today.Ìý