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Life on Earth is at risk from an unprecedented rate of environmental change that threatens the natural resources on which we depend.

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Plant scientists call for rethink of GM crop regulation

19 Mar 2014

Leading plant scientists have called for major changes to the way GM crops are licensed.

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Amazonia at a crossroads

17 Oct 2013

̽»¨Ö±²¥Amazon rainforest faces an uncertain future – one that an international research network hopes to help steer towards sustainability.

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Putting a price on our future

07 Oct 2013

Helping big businesses consider their impact on the environment is leading to a re-evaluation of activities to combine profitability with...

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̽»¨Ö±²¥world is changing: how do we respond?

01 Oct 2013

Today we commence a month-long focus on research on sustainability and the environment. To begin, Professor Lord Martin Rees and Professor Paul...

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Sustainable livestock production is possible

25 Sep 2013

New research advocates use of pastures with shrubs and trees as it is more sustainable, improving animal welfare and increasing biodiversity.

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Taraxacum seed head

Cambridge to develop new Conservation Research Institute

20 Sep 2013

̽»¨Ö±²¥development of a new Conservation Research Institute will be the latest addition to a flourishing conservation community in Cambridge.

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Mangrove trees along a coastline, Everglades National Park.

Mangroves could survive sea-level rise if protected

31 Jul 2013

Human activity is currently a bigger threat to mangroves, and the natural defences they provide against storm surges and other coastal disasters...

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Saltmarshes starting to be inundated by the tide at Abbots Hall, Cumbria, UK

Climate change: can nature help us?

08 May 2013

Hard-engineered sea walls have a limited life span. Could saltmarshes and mangroves offer a different approach to buffering against storm surges and...

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Mudflat and marsh at Abbots Hall, Essex

After the flood: harnessing the power of mud

31 Jan 2013

On the 60th Anniversary of the ‘big flood’ that devastated the coastline of eastern England, new research shows that integrating ‘natural’ sea...

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Original manuscript of Fauna Cantabrigiensis

̽»¨Ö±²¥remarkable notebook of a 19th-century naturalist

09 Jan 2013

A notebook recording the fauna of Cambridgeshire observed and collected by the Reverend Leonard Jenyns between 1820 and 1849 has been published in...

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Top conservation issues to look out for in 2013

06 Dec 2012

Researchers have identified 15 issues that could affect the diversity of life on Earth in 2013.

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Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp, on the Kenya-Somalia border.  ̽»¨Ö±²¥Horn of Africa frequently experiences severe drought and hundreds of thousands of people have trekked to Dadaab seeking food, water, shelter and safety.

Feeding seven billion

21 Nov 2012

With the world’s population already estimated to be over seven billion and rising fast, the challenge of how to produce enough food has never been...

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