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island

Britain's island heritage: half a million years of history

01 Nov 2009

探花直播latest instalment of a 20-year study to understand how Britain became an island completes a tale of megafloods and super-rivers.

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Industry

Call to drive the next industrial revolution

23 Sep 2009

Industrialists, academics and government should join forces to drive a new industrial revolution which would help tackle climate change, says a new...

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Business leaders call for ambitious global deal on climate change

22 Sep 2009

探花直播business leaders of over 500 companies from around the world will this morning publish 探花直播Copenhagen Communiqué calling on world...

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every drop counts

Scientists urge global action to preserve water supplies for billions worldwide

19 May 2009

Chinese, Indian, American and British scientists have released a conference declaration urging a region-by-region response to increased water...

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Unclouding uncertainty in climate modelling

01 May 2009

New understanding of the physics of clouds is helping to model both climate change and the impact of volcanic eruptions and wild fires.

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Arctic Sky

Scientists issue warning on future of central Arctic

17 Apr 2009

Scientists have warned that world leaders are in a race against time to make key decisions about the future of international co-operation in the...

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Cambridge plays role in insurance industry's new climate-friendly initiative

14 Sep 2007

探花直播insurance industry this week launched a new initiative to tackle the challenge of climate change and encourage more climate-friendly customer...

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Melting is your destiny

Taking the long view on climate change

01 Sep 2007

Cambridge Earth Scientists are contributing to our understanding of the climate system by studying the history of climate change recorded in...

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Stacks of Clothes

Well dressed?

01 Apr 2007

As clothes become cheaper and fashion becomes 'faster', how are we to balance our consumption with environmental, economic and social sustainability...

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Cambridge teaching for adult learners enters cyberspace

04 Sep 2006

Adult learners are to be given the chance to study everything from climate change to ancient Rome online with the 探花直播 of Cambridge, starting...

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Coastal communities face greater threat of flooding due to land reclamation

01 Sep 2006

Seafront communities are being left wide open to the risk of flooding because of the loss of coastal ecosystems, a Cambridge academic has warned.

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Botanic dinosaurs arrive at Cambridge Botanic Garden

17 Jul 2006

Two specimens of one of the world鈥檚 oldest and rarest plants, dating back to the time of the dinosaurs, are now on view at the Botanic Garden in...

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