Rapid transition to a net zero world
28 Oct 2021The opportunity to make real and lasting change has never been greater. But we all need to act, and act now.
A new model could help stall shifting sand dunes, protecting infrastructure and ecosystems
26 Oct 2021Cambridge scientists have used downscaled laboratory models to show how sand dunes move through a landscape, revealing the conditions that determine...
COP26: Cambridge experts on their hopes for the high-stakes summit
26 Oct 2021What will it take to make the high-stakes United Nations climate summit a success? We spoke with some of our researchers and asked them what they...
Cambridge Enterprise invests in a technology start-up aiming to cut CO₂ emissions by gigatonnes
20 Oct 2021The investment will accelerate the development of AI technology start-up Carbon Re to help the global cement industry and other energy-intensive...
Europeans want climate action but not lifestyle change – poll
20 Oct 2021Europeans want urgent action on climate change but remain committed meat-eaters and question policy proposals such as banning the sale of new petrol...
Tree-dwelling mammals survived after asteroid strike destroyed forests
14 Oct 2021An asteroid strike 66 million years ago wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs and devastated the Earth’s forests, but tree-dwelling ancestors of primates...
Film: Sir Partha Dasgupta on "our most precious asset"
14 Oct 2021Following on from his ground-breaking report published earlier this year, Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta outlines the radical shift in thinking...
Lockdown wellbeing: children who spent more time in nature fared best
14 Oct 2021Children from less affluent backgrounds are likely to have found COVID-19 lockdowns more challenging to their mental health because they experienced...
Crayfish and carp among invasive species pushing lakes towards ecosystem collapse
07 Oct 2021Certain invasive, non-native species can disrupt lakes to the point of rapid ecosystem collapse, contaminating water for drinking, aquaculture and...
Scientists develop model to assess COVID-19 infection risk in offices and schools
06 Oct 2021As more UK workers and students return to offices and schools, a new model has been developed to predict the risk of airborne COVID-19 infection in...
Concentrate farming to leave room for species and carbon
06 Oct 2021Farming should be as high-yield as possible so it can be limited to relatively small areas, allowing much more land to be left as natural habitats...
Encourage wealthy and well-connected to use their influence to tackle climate change
30 Sep 2021A paper published today in the journal Nature Energy identifies five ways that people of high socioeconomic status have a disproportionate impact on...