New drone technology advances volcanic monitoring
30 Oct 2020Specially-adapted drones, developed by an international team involving scientists from the University of Cambridge, are transforming how we forecast...
Globalised economy making water, energy and land insecurity worse: study
26 Oct 2020The first large-scale study of the risks that countries face from dependence on water, energy and land resources has found that globalisation may be...
New Crop Science Centre opens in Cambridge
01 Oct 2020A new Centre in Cambridge, designed to fast-track technologies to sustainably improve farmers’ yields worldwide, was launched today.
The testimony of trees: how volcanic eruptions shaped 2000 years of world history
28 Sep 2020Researchers have shown that over the past two thousand years, volcanoes have played a larger role in natural temperature variability than previously...
Tree rings show scale of Arctic pollution is worse than previously thought
25 Sep 2020The largest-ever study of tree rings from Norilsk in the Russian Arctic has shown that the direct and indirect effects of industrial pollution in the...
Provide shady spots to protect butterflies from climate change
24 Sep 2020Researchers have discovered significant variations in the ability of different UK butterfly species to maintain a suitable body temperature. Species...
Whittle Lab research key for accelerating the development of zero-carbon flight, says Prince of Wales
22 Sep 2020Yesterday HRH The Prince of Wales gave the opening address to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Turbo Expo conference, the largest annual...
ARPA-type funding gives green technology an ‘innovation advantage’, study finds
14 Sep 2020Startups funded by US agency ARPA-E file patents at twice the rate of similar cleantech firms. The UK should trial its own climate-focused ARPA as...
Living Planet Report reveals 68% decline in global wildlife populations since 1970
10 Sep 2020Global populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have declined by over two-thirds in less than half a century, due in large part...
Understand what works when trying to protect monkeys and apes, say scientists
26 Aug 2020Despite significant protection efforts, global populations of monkeys and apes are declining dramatically. A new study has found that the...
Wireless device makes clean fuel from sunlight, CO2 and water
24 Aug 2020Researchers have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any...
New insights into lithium-ion battery failure mechanism
24 Aug 2020Researchers have identified a potential new degradation mechanism for electric vehicle batteries – a key step to designing effective methods to...