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hansaviertel housing, berlin 1955-1957

Planning obligations invaluable for affordable housing

26 Mar 2010

The planning obligations which local authorities impose on private developers are successfully raising billions of pounds for local infrastructure...

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island

Britain's island heritage: half a million years of history

01 Nov 2009

The latest instalment of a 20-year study to understand how Britain became an island completes a tale of megafloods and super-rivers.

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Business leaders call for ambitious global deal on climate change

22 Sep 2009

The business leaders of over 500 companies from around the world will this morning publish The Copenhagen Communiqué calling on world...

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every drop counts

Scientists urge global action to preserve water supplies for billions worldwide

19 May 2009

Chinese, Indian, American and British scientists have released a conference declaration urging a region-by-region response to increased water...

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Clouds 1 - free to use

Unclouding uncertainty in climate modelling

01 May 2009

New understanding of the physics of clouds is helping to model both climate change and the impact of volcanic eruptions and wild fires.

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Arctic Sky

Scientists issue warning on future of central Arctic

17 Apr 2009

Scientists have warned that world leaders are in a race against time to make key decisions about the future of international co-operation in the...

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Deposition taken from a witness  to the 1641 Irish rebellion

Rebellion, repression, retribution

01 Feb 2008

John Morrill explores one of the most extraordinary and least understood aspects of Anglo-Irish history - the rebellion of 1641.

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Cambridge plays role in insurance industry's new climate-friendly initiative

14 Sep 2007

The insurance industry this week launched a new initiative to tackle the challenge of climate change and encourage more climate-friendly customer...

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Cambridge teaching for adult learners enters cyberspace

04 Sep 2006

Adult learners are to be given the chance to study everything from climate change to ancient Rome online with the University of Cambridge, starting...

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Coastal communities face greater threat of flooding due to land reclamation

01 Sep 2006

Seafront communities are being left wide open to the risk of flooding because of the loss of coastal ecosystems, a Cambridge academic has warned.

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Botanic dinosaurs arrive at Cambridge Botanic Garden

17 Jul 2006

Two specimens of one of the world’s oldest and rarest plants, dating back to the time of the dinosaurs, are now on view at the Botanic Garden in...

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Business leaders support tougher stance on climate change

08 Jun 2006

The Cambridge Programme for Industry has announced that fourteen senior executives of some of the UK’s leading businesses have approached the Prime...

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