Environment
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.
Mary Robinson launches ActNowFilm at COP28
08 Dec 2023ActNowFilm launched at COP28 with an address from former Ireland President Mary Robinson, who urged world leaders to include young people in the...
Successful honey-hunters know how to communicate with wild birds
08 Dec 2023Wild honeyguide birds prefer to cooperate with people who have learned local cultural traditions to find and access honey-filled bees’ nests, a new...
Policies for People and Planet
06 Dec 2023Cambridge Zero symposium gathers researchers to examine the rules and incentives needed to combat climate change.
Cambridge academic named backup astronaut on Artemis II mission
06 Dec 2023Dr Jenni Gibbons, Assistant Professor in Cambridge's Engineering department, is part of the Artemis II mission that will send humans around the moon...
Raising ambition in net zero flight – A briefing from COP28
04 Dec 2023Professor Rob Miller, Director of the Whittle Laboratory, shares his thoughts on COP28 and the ambition for zero emission aviation.
Cambridge heads to COP28
01 Dec 2023The University of Cambridge heads to COP28 in Dubai, UAE, with a film premiere and a host of higher education and research events.
ActNowFilm
27 Nov 2023Youth leaders and world figures featured in new ActNowFilm, to premiere at COP28 call for young people to be included in national climate negotiation...
The Fens of eastern England once held vast woodlands
24 Nov 2023The Fens of eastern England, a low-lying, extremely flat landscape dominated by agricultural fields, was once a vast woodland filled with huge yew...
Innovative aquaculture system turns waste wood into nutritious seafood
20 Nov 2023Researchers hoping to rebrand a marine pest as a nutritious food have developed the world’s first system of farming shipworms, which they have...