Environment

Established Academic 2023

13 Dec 2023

The Established Academic for 2023 is Professor William Sutherland and his research team at Conservation Evidence.

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How a drought led to the rise of skateboarding in 1970s California

12 Dec 2023

Why did professional skateboarding arise in southern California in the 1970s? Was it a coincidence, or was it a perfect storm of multiple factors?

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From ground-breaking research in Nigeria to using novel tools to transform conservation

12 Dec 2023

Researchers from across the University have been recognised for their outstanding research impact and engagement.

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Producers and participants from ActNowFilm at COP28 premiere

Mary Robinson launches ActNowFilm at COP28

08 Dec 2023

ActNowFilm launched at COP28 with an address from former Ireland President Mary Robinson, who urged world leaders to include young people in the...

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Successful honey-hunters know how to communicate with wild birds

08 Dec 2023

Wild honeyguide birds prefer to cooperate with people who have learned local cultural traditions to find and access honey-filled bees’ nests, a new...

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Policies for People and Planet

06 Dec 2023

Cambridge Zero symposium gathers researchers to examine the rules and incentives needed to combat climate change.

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Cambridge academic named backup astronaut on Artemis II mission

06 Dec 2023

Dr Jenni Gibbons, Assistant Professor in Cambridge's Engineering department, is part of the Artemis II mission that will send humans around the moon...

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Raising ambition in net zero flight – A briefing from COP28

04 Dec 2023

Professor Rob Miller, Director of the Whittle Laboratory, shares his thoughts on COP28 and the ambition for zero emission aviation.

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Cambridge heads to COP28

01 Dec 2023

The University of Cambridge heads to COP28 in Dubai, UAE, with a film premiere and a host of higher education and research events.

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ActNowFilm

27 Nov 2023

Youth leaders and world figures featured in new ActNowFilm, to premiere at COP28 call for young people to be included in national climate negotiation...

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Pile of yew trunks at the edge of an agricultural field

The Fens of eastern England once held vast woodlands

24 Nov 2023

The Fens of eastern England, a low-lying, extremely flat landscape dominated by agricultural fields, was once a vast woodland filled with huge yew...

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Naked Clams in wooden growth panel

Innovative aquaculture system turns waste wood into nutritious seafood

20 Nov 2023

Researchers hoping to rebrand a marine pest as a nutritious food have developed the world’s first system of farming shipworms, which they have...

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