Partha Dasgupta wins BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award for Economics
04 Apr 2024Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta (Economics, St. John's) wins the BBVA award for Economics, Finance and Management for his groundbreaking work in environmental economics.
The Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2023 for Research Impact and Engagement
13 Dec 2023Meet the winner of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2023 for Research Impact and Engagement and learn more about their projects.
Established Academic 2023
13 Dec 2023The Established Academic for 2023 is Professor William Sutherland and his research team at Conservation Evidence.
World’s most threatened seabirds visit remote plastic pollution hotspots
04 Jul 2023Analysis of global tracking data for 77 species of petrel has revealed that a quarter of all plastics potentially encountered in their search for food are in remote international waters – requiring international collaboration to address.
Toxic discovery on Robinson Crusoe Island
30 Apr 2023Dr Constanza Toro-Valdivieso has been to the ends of the Earth to collect seal poo. Her results show that seemingly healthy seals are contaminated by toxic heavy metals.
Saving England's chalk streams
27 Apr 2023A conference organised by Pembroke College, Cambridge Conservation Initiative and WildFish Conservation has mobilised activists working to save chalk streams - one of the world's rarest habitats - from pollution and over-abstraction.
At least 80% of the world’s most important sites for biodiversity on land currently contain human developments
23 Mar 2023At least 80% of sites identified as being internationally important for biodiversity on land currently contain infrastructure − of which more than 75% contain roads. In the future, more sites that are important for biodiversity could contain powerplants, mines and oil and gas infrastructure
Paying farmers to create woodland and wetland is the most cost-effective way to hit UK environment targets
20 Dec 2022Study of farmer preferences shows that turning whole areas of farmland into habitats comes with half the price tag of integrating nature into productive farmland, if biodiversity and carbon targets are to be met.
The tulip hunter of Toktogul
09 Dec 2022Brett Wilson's love of wild tulips has taken him to some of the most spectacular places in Central Asia, where he discovered a new species in Toktogul, Kyrgyzstan. His work has helped to uncover the plight of 53 tulips which have been added to the 'Red List' of threatened species.
Cambridge experts on the UK heatwave and climate change
19 Jul 2022From heatwave 'dismay' to the 'deadly' effects of climate change, here's what two Cambridge experts say about the UK's record-breaking temperatures.
