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Vegetables

Removing beef and lamb from menu dramatically reduces food-related carbon emissions at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥

10 Sep 2019

A Sustainable Food Policy at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, which includes removing beef and lamb from the menu and promoting plant-based food options...

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Ground breaking in Nanjing

Cambridge and Nanjing break ground on 'smart cities' Centre

10 Sep 2019

̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge and the Nanjing Municipal Government have broken ground on the Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥-Nanjing Centre of Technology and...

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Thwaites Glacier

Vintage film reveals Antarctic glacier melting

03 Sep 2019

Newly available archival film has revealed the eastern ice shelf of Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is melting faster than previous estimates...

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A forest on fire.

Climate change to shrink economies of rich, poor, hot and cold countries alike unless Paris Agreement holds

19 Aug 2019

Study suggests that 7% of global GDP will disappear by 2100 as a result of business-as-usual carbon emissions, including over 10% of incomes in both...

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̽»¨Ö±²¥butterflies are coming

25 Jul 2019

Climate change poses a major threat to butterflies but a new generation of Cambridge scientists is working to unlock their secrets and help them...

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Opinion: Betting on speculative geoengineering may risk an escalating ‘climate debt crisis’

18 Jul 2019

Professor Mike Hulme and Dr Shinichiro Asayama from Cambridge's Department of Geography discuss the climate 'debt crisis' and why geoengineering may...

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Cambridge attends U7+ Alliance global summit of Universities

12 Jul 2019

̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge Pro-Vice-Chancellor for International Relations Eilis Ferran attended the inaugural two-day Paris summit of the U7+ Alliance...

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Cambridge and Tsinghua sign joint research initiative

11 Jun 2019

̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge and Tsinghua ̽»¨Ö±²¥ signed a joint research initiative on Monday as part of efforts by both universities to tackle...

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L-R: Knysna Turaco, Great Blue Turaco, Knysna Turaco

Past climate change pushed birds from the northern hemisphere to the tropics

10 Jun 2019

Researchers have shown how millions of years of climate change affected the range and habitat of modern birds, suggesting that many groups of...

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Amount of carbon stored in forests reduced as climate warms

15 May 2019

Accelerated tree growth caused by a warming climate does not necessarily translate into enhanced carbon storage, an international study suggests.

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Rapid melting of the world’s largest ice shelf linked to solar heat in the ocean

29 Apr 2019

An international team of scientists has found part of the world’s largest ice shelf is melting 10 times faster than the overall ice shelf average due...

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Air-conditioning units

Green material for refrigeration identified

18 Apr 2019

Researchers from the UK and Spain have identified an eco-friendly solid that could replace the inefficient and polluting gases used in most...

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