Carbon dioxide ‘pulses’ are a common feature of the carbon cycle
20 Aug 2020Researchers have found that pulse-like releases of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere are a pervasive feature of the carbon cycle and that they are...
Abrupt changes in Earth’s past climate occurred synchronously
20 Aug 2020A study from the Universities of Cambridge and Melbourne has found that the onset of past climate changes was synchronous over an area extending from...
Adding a metre between meals boosts vegetarian appeal – study
13 Aug 2020Researchers have identified the optimal dish positions to help 'nudge' diners into picking more planet-friendly meals in cafeterias.
Metallic blue fruits use fat to produce colour and signal a treat for birds
06 Aug 2020Researchers have found that a common plant owes the dazzling blue colour of its fruit to fat in its cellular structure, the first time this type of...
Green energy and better crops: tinted solar panels could boost farm incomes
04 Aug 2020Researchers have demonstrated the use of tinted, semi-transparent solar panels to generate electricity and produce nutritionally-superior crops...
Beyond the pandemic: reduce the risk of animal viruses jumping to humans
30 Jul 2020Cambridge zoologists Bill Sutherland and Silviu Petrovan warn that we must dramatically change the way we interact with animals to reduce the risk of...
Printed coatings enable more efficient solar cells
09 Jul 2020Researchers at Cambridge, Imperial and Singapore have developed a method to print ultrathin coatings on next-generation solar cells, allowing them to...
COVID-19 and the interspecies frontier
08 Jul 2020Professor of World History, Sujit Sivasundaram, discusses how our long history with pangolins reveals the preconditions of both the pandemic and...
Flashes bright when squeezed tight: how single-celled organisms light up the oceans
06 Jul 2020Research explains how a unicellular marine organism generates light as a response to mechanical stimulation, lighting up breaking waves at night.
Learn from the pandemic to prevent environmental catastrophe, scientists argue
02 Jul 2020COVID-19 is comparable to climate and extinction emergencies, say scientists from the UK and US – all share features such as lagged impacts, feedback...
Plastic: the new fantastic?
05 Jun 2020Hear how Cambridge researchers are working towards eliminating plastic waste and making best use of one of the most successful materials ever...
Antarctic ice sheets capable of retreating up to 50 metres per day
28 May 2020The ice shelves surrounding the Antarctic coastline retreated at speeds of up to 50 metres per day at the end of the last Ice Age, far more rapid...