Environment

Strategic partner: Rolls-Royce

16 Dec 2019

Researchers at Cambridge are working with Rolls-Royce to make aeroengines greener.

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Opinion: Why and how to debate climate change

16 Dec 2019

What's the best way to debate a problem as big and complex as climate change? In his new book, Professor Mike Hulme from the Department of Geography...

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Ecosystems Overload

10 Dec 2019

We are laying waste to the biosphere. If we're serious about saving millions of species, then it's our own that must change how it thinks about...

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The climate scientist and the planet-sized problem

06 Dec 2019

Dr Emily Shuckburgh is Director of Cambridge Zero, an ambitious new University climate change initiative aimed at transitioning to a zero carbon...

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Forest transition in Cameroon.

Extent of human encroachment into world’s protected areas revealed

28 Oct 2019

Largest study yet to compare protected with “matched” unprotected land finds significantly higher increases in human pressure – primarily through...

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An extra vegetarian option cuts meat consumption without denting food sales

01 Oct 2019

First major study on “nudging” people towards sustainable diets shows replacing a meat or fish dish with another veggie option in college cafeterias...

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Future-proofing a forest

27 Mar 2019

Faced with shifting demands on landscapes and a changing climate, how do you plan for a forest’s future?

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The Lost Words: inspiring children to love and protect nature

30 Nov 2018

The Lost Words is a book by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris that summons the magic of nature to help children find, love and protect the natural...

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