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探花直播climate crisis and biodiversity losses are affecting the planet at an alarming pace. Cambridge researchers are helping the response to these threats, building resilience, supporting the transition from fossil fuels to a zero-carbon future, and enabling us to act sustainably to protect the planet's precious resources and reduce waste.

探花直播climate crisis: towards zero carbon

26 February 2020

Sir David Attenborough, Dr Jane Goodall DBE and leading Cambridge 探花直播 researchers talk about the urgency of climate crisis 鈥 and some of the solutions that will take us towards zero carbon.

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Trees against blue sky

Nature has enormous potential to fight climate change and biodiversity loss in the UK - report

12 May 2021

A report launched today by the British Ecological Society, with contributions from the 探花直播 of Cambridge, offers the first complete assessment...

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探花直播conservationist who started a Twitter trend and saved Nairobi鈥檚 wildlife

22 Apr 2021

Nyandire Reinhard believes the key to protecting ecosystems is to foster a love of nature in the community. He shares the story of how social media...

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River mussel

Conservationists may be unintentionally spreading pathogens between threatened animal populations

12 Apr 2021

Moving endangered species to new locations is often used as part of species conservation strategies, and can help to restore degraded ecosystems. But...

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Lake on the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Lakes on Greenland Ice Sheet can drain huge amounts of water, even in winter

01 Apr 2021

Using satellite data to 鈥榮ee in the dark鈥, researchers have shown for the first time that lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet drain during winter, a...

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Growing Underground

29 Mar 2021

In the heart of London there is a farm like no other. It's subterranean, sustainable and energy smart. It also has a digital twin looking out for its...

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探花直播researcher finding inspiration for the planet鈥檚 future in Latin American art

23 Mar 2021

Joanna Page has been exploring how work by Latin American artists can help to bring humanity back into a relationship with nature and give us hope...

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探花直播first 'climate smart' sovereign credit ratings

18 Mar 2021

Cambridge economists add climate science to Standard & Poor鈥檚 global credit formula and find that 63 nations face downgrades by 2030 unless...

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Economic benefits of protecting nature now outweigh those of exploiting it

08 Mar 2021

探花直播largest study of its kind finds that in most cases economic value is higher when habitats are conserved or restored, rather than converted to...

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Fire at Sequoia National Park, California

Forests' long-term capacity to store carbon is dropping in regions with extreme annual fires

25 Feb 2021

Researchers have analysed decades鈥 worth of data on the impact of repeated fires on ecosystems across the world. Their results, published today in...

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Cambridge psychologist helps Facebook fight climate change misinformation

18 Feb 2021

Social media giant turns to behaviour and communication expert Dr Sander van der Linden to help them tackle the dangerous anti-science myths that...

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探花直播scientist watching light at a millionth of a millionth of a second

10 Feb 2021

When she鈥檚 not making atomic-scale changes to create super-efficient light bulbs and cut carbon emissions, Professor Rachel Oliver has her sights set...

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Dasgupta Review: Nature鈥檚 value must be included in economics to preserve biodiversity

02 Feb 2021

Nature is a 鈥渂lind spot鈥 in economics that can no longer be ignored by the accounting systems that dictate national finances, according to a major...

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