Environment
A peek at some of the top events at the Cambridge Festival 2024
05 Feb 2024Fixing the NHS, stopping wars, and the effects of AI on the democratic process headline a packed programme of events at this year’s Cambridge...
Using AI to tackle society's biggest challenges
05 Feb 2024The winners of a new prize supporting ambitious ideas for how artificial intelligence can address critical societal issues are announced today, with...
Ancient seafloor vents spewed tiny, life-giving minerals into Earth’s early oceans
02 Feb 2024Researchers from the universities of Cambridge and Western Australia have uncovered the importance of hydrothermal vents, similar to underwater...
Is a green career for you?
22 Jan 2024Cambridge Zero kicks off Lent Term 2024 with a packed calendar of competitions, training, industry networking, career panels, and application...
Spanish butterflies better at regulating their body temperature than their British cousins
09 Jan 2024Butterfly populations in northern Spain are better than their UK counterparts at regulating their body temperature, but rising global temperatures...
Reducing inequality is essential in tackling climate crisis, researchers argue
02 Jan 2024Promoting climate-friendly behaviours will be more successful in societies where everyone has the capacity: financially, physically, and timewise, to...
Emissions and evasions
20 Dec 2023How Big Oil influences climate conversations on social media.
A habitable planet for healthy humans
13 Dec 2023Cambridge Zero symposium gathers researchers to examine the connections between planetary and public health.
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.
How a drought led to the rise of skateboarding in 1970s California
12 Dec 2023Why did professional skateboarding arise in southern California in the 1970s? Was it a coincidence, or was it a perfect storm of multiple factors?
From ground-breaking research in Nigeria to using novel tools to transform conservation
12 Dec 2023Researchers from across the University have been recognised for their outstanding research impact and engagement.