Butterflies through time: a new exhibition
22 Mar 2022Butterflies through time at Cambridge’s Museum of Zoology illuminates the beautiful, turbulent history of butterflies across the UK.
Forest restoration: trade-offs between environmental and wood production goals
17 Mar 2022Forest restoration schemes should prioritise restoring native forests for greatest climate and environmental benefits, but these benefits incur a...
Birds of prey populations suppressed by lead poisoning from gun ammo
16 Mar 2022New study uses data on lead levels in the livers of thousands of dead raptors to calculate the impact of lead poisoning on population size.
Climate action scholarships for small island nation students launched in partnership with HRH The Prince of Wales
14 Mar 2022Students from small island nations will be supported in their work to address climate change through new scholarships inspired by His Royal Highness...
Relocating farmland could turn back clock twenty years on carbon emissions
10 Mar 2022Scientists have produced a map showing where the world’s major food crops should be grown to maximise yield and minimise environmental impact. This...
Climate change threat to seabirds must be properly considered for their conservation to be effective
09 Mar 2022A new study shows how knowledge of climate change threats could be better connected with conservation efforts to help protect seabirds and other at-...
Opinion: Russian gas will fund Putin’s war
08 Mar 2022Would Europe cutting off Russian oil and gas imports be enough to convince Putin to stop the war on Ukraine? According to Dr Chi Kong Chyong from the...
Nutritious fish stocks are being squandered by salmon farming, say scientists
01 Mar 2022Eating wild-caught fish instead of using it as feed in salmon farming would allow nearly four million tonnes of fish to be left in the sea, while...
Accelerating melt rate makes Greenland Ice Sheet world’s largest ‘dam’
21 Feb 2022The world’s second-largest ice sheet is melting from the bottom up – and generating huge amounts of heat from hydropower.
Cambridge researchers to tackle major threats to 'UK’s vegetable garden'
15 Feb 2022Cambridge researchers will tackle environmental threats that could affect a third of England’s home-grown vegetables and more than a quarter of the...
Historic buildings could use solar panels to protect from rising energy costs
03 Feb 2022Installing solar panels could help historic buildings beat the rising costs of energy, according to a new study.
UK plants flowering a month earlier due to climate change
02 Feb 2022Climate change is causing plants in the UK to flower a month earlier on average, which could have profound consequences for wildlife, agriculture and...