Voluntary biodiversity credits could help fund global nature recovery alongside other approaches, finds UK rewilding study
03 Mar 2026Payments that enable landowners to rewild ecologically degraded land - in the form of biodiversity credits bought by investors wishing to offset...
New Cambridge University exhibition lets visitors test their strength against Greenland’s amazing rare-earth elements
26 Feb 2026A first-of-its-kind Cambridge exhibition will let visitors wrestle with the extraordinary power of rare-earth magnets and discover the rocks from...
Flickering glacial climate may have shaped early human evolution
19 Feb 2026Researchers have identified a ‘tipping point’ about 2.7 million years ago when global climate conditions switched from being relatively warm and...
From AI to climate repair: Cambridge Festival returns with bold questions for an uncertain world
16 Feb 2026As public trust in institutions is tested, artificial intelligence reshapes everyday life and the effects of climate change become impossible to...
Cambridge academic appointed to new UN panel on AI
13 Feb 2026A University of Cambridge academic has been appointed to a new United Nations panel on Artificial Intelligence.
What happens when plants talk back? Experimental AI exhibition at the Botanic Garden
10 Feb 2026From ant plant meditations to orchid jokes, an exhibition opening at Cambridge University Botanic Garden gives a voice to rare specimens.
Promise the Earth: why real climate action means restraint
06 Feb 2026A new book by a Cambridge engineer and an Oxford theologian argues that our faith in technology to solve the climate crisis is distracting us from...
Early Career Researcher 2025: Chloe King
04 Feb 2026The joint Early Career Researcher winner for 2025 is Chloe King (Department of Geography, School of Physical Sciences)
Government funding boost for Cambridge supercomputer
26 Jan 2026• £36 million investment to increase the AI Research Resource supercomputing capacity at Cambridge sixfold by spring 2026. • More cutting-edge AI...
AI weather forecasting initiative to strengthen climate resilience in West Africa
22 Jan 2026A new initiative will harness the latest advances in artificial intelligence for weather prediction, with a goal of improving climate resilience and...
World’s vast plant knowledge not being fully exploited to tackle biodiversity and climate challenges, warn researchers
09 Jan 2026An international group of researchers says that biodiversity conservation and scientific research are not benefiting from the vast knowledge about...
Cambridge academics and Fellows recognised in New Year Honours 2026
29 Dec 2025Members of the collegiate University honoured for their outstanding contributions to society in science, education, medicine, the environment, and...