Why a mysterious ocean pattern could rapidly change our climate
04 Jul 2024Dr Aidan Starr is a paleoceanographer. In journeying back 2 million years, he hopes to fill in the missing chapters of our oceans and predict where...
Blue and great tits deploy surprisingly powerful memories to find food, a new study shows
03 Jul 2024Blue and great tits recall what they have eaten in the past, where they found the food and when they found it, a new study shows. In the first...
No evidence that England’s new ‘biodiversity boost’ planning policy will help birds or butterflies
28 Jun 2024A new legal requirement for developers to demonstrate a biodiversity boost in planning applications could make a more meaningful impact on nature...
Antarctic ice shelves hold twice as much meltwater as previously thought
27 Jun 2024Slush – water-soaked snow – makes up more than half of all meltwater on the Antarctic ice shelves during the height of summer, yet is poorly...
Australia’s giant lizards help save sheep from being eaten alive
25 Jun 2024Heath goannas - a species of giant, scavenging lizard - act as natural clean-up crews by clearing maggot-ridden animal carcasses from the landscape.
Video analysis of Iceland 2010 eruption could improve volcanic ash forecasts for aviation safety
13 Jun 2024Video footage of Iceland’s 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption is providing researchers from the University of Cambridge with rare, up-close observations...
Electrified charcoal ‘sponge’ can soak up CO2 directly from the air
05 Jun 2024Researchers have developed a low-cost, energy-efficient method for making materials that can capture carbon dioxide directly from the air.
Cambridge on World Environment Day 2024
05 Jun 2024This year's World Environment Day focus is on land restoration. So we spoke with three Cambridge researchers working on reviving landscapes, boosting...
Rainforest wildlife under threat as below-canopy temperatures rise
03 Jun 2024Assumptions that tropical forest canopies protect from the effects of climate change are unfounded, say researchers.
Cuckoos evolve to look like their hosts - and form new species in the process
30 May 2024Two decades of cuckoo research have helped scientists to explain how battles between species can cause new species to arise
Clare Hall, Cambridge and LUT University, Finland sign agreement on fellowships and global climate prize
28 May 2024Clare Hall, Cambridge and LUT University, Finland, establish a Visiting Fellowship programme and joint Global Prize for Solutions to Climate Change...
Cement recycling method a 'miracle' for net zero transition
22 May 2024Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a method to produce very low-emission concrete at scale – an innovation that could be...