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Foraminifera

Melting of massive ice ‘lid’ resulted in huge release of CO2 at the end of the ice age

04 Jan 2016

A new study of how the structure of the ocean has changed since the end of the last ice age suggest that the melting of a vast ‘lid’ of sea ice...

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Rural Landscape near Fife

Boosting farm yields to restore habitats could create greenhouse gas ‘sink’

04 Jan 2016

New study using UK data is first to show that raising farm yields and allowing ‘spared’ land to be reclaimed for woodlands and wetlands could offset...

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Silver Lake, Wasatch watershed, Utah

Opinion: Paying people to stay away is not always the best way to protect watersheds

24 Dec 2015

Libby Blanchard and Bhaskar Vira from Cambridge's Department of Geography argue that we need to consider alternative approaches in order to protect...

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Pigs eating swill at Stepney City Farm

Feeding food waste to pigs could save vast swathes of threatened forest and savannah

10 Dec 2015

New research suggests that feeding our food waste, or swill, to pigs (currently banned under EU law) could save 1.8 million hectares of global...

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Flooded lakehouse, Keswick, Cumbria, UK

‘Unprecedented’ storms and floods are more common than we think

09 Dec 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥recent ‘unprecedented’ flooding in north-west England might be more common than currently believed, a group of scientists has warned.

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Fall in the Wasatch Mountains

Alternative ways of protecting urban water supplies must be considered in light of worsening droughts in the US, study claims

04 Dec 2015

Alternative models of watershed protection that balance recreational use and land conservation must no longer be ignored to preserve water supplies...

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 ̽»¨Ö±²¥President of the Republic of Madagascar, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, receiving a copy of Forests and Food during his recent visit to Cambridge

Opinion: How tasty forest foods can help solve the global hunger crisis

27 Nov 2015

Dr Bhaskar Vira (Department of Geography) is co-editor of the open access book Forests and Food , which will be launched at the Global Landscapes...

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Opinion: Blocking out the sun won’t fix climate change – but it could buy us time

19 Nov 2015

Hugh Hunt (Department of Engineering) discusses whether we could directly engineer the climate and refreeze the poles.

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Evolution website sets out to tackle great scientific unknowns

18 Nov 2015

Ever wondered if a fly can ride a bicycle, or whether you could survive only on water? A new website on evolution, created by Cambridge scientists...

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Understanding the Paris Climate Summit

13 Nov 2015

An event taking place next week in Cambridge will highlight some of the key scientific, technological and policy issues relevant to the Paris climate...

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Riders on the storm II

Climate change sentiment could hit global investment portfolios in the short term

12 Nov 2015

A new report by the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) reveals that global investment portfolios could lose up to...

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Firefighters putting out a blaze in London after an air raid during  ̽»¨Ö±²¥Blitz in 1941.

‘Blitz spirit’ needed to adapt to climate change, engineer warns

03 Nov 2015

Today's engineers will need the kind of drive and determination shown by the great wartime innovators such as Sir Barnes Wallis and Sir Frank Whittle...

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