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Environment

Wheat fields

Relocating farmland could turn back clock twenty years on carbon emissions

10 Mar 2022
Scientists have produced a map showing where the world’s major food crops should be grown to maximise yield and minimise environmental impact. This...
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Puffins

Climate change threat to seabirds must be properly considered for their conservation to be effective

09 Mar 2022
A new study shows how knowledge of climate change threats could be better connected with conservation efforts to help protect seabirds and other at...
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Opinion: Russian gas will fund Putin’s war

08 Mar 2022
Would 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...
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Shoal of fish

Nutritious fish stocks are being squandered by salmon farming, say scientists

01 Mar 2022
Eating 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...
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Accelerating melt rate makes Greenland Ice Sheet world’s largest ‘dam’

21 Feb 2022
The world’s second-largest ice sheet is melting from the bottom up – and generating huge amounts of heat from hydropower.
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A wild horse on Wicken Fen, UK

Cambridge researchers to tackle major threats to 'UK’s vegetable garden'

15 Feb 2022
Cambridge researchers will tackle environmental threats that could affect a third of England’s home-grown vegetables and more than a quarter of the UK...
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Exterior of Bath Abbey

Historic buildings could use solar panels to protect from rising energy costs

03 Feb 2022
Installing solar panels could help historic buildings beat the rising costs of energy, according to a new study.
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Crab apple tree in bloom

UK plants flowering a month earlier due to climate change

02 Feb 2022
Climate change is causing plants in the UK to flower a month earlier on average, which could have profound consequences for wildlife, agriculture and...
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Invasive species ‘hitchhiking’ on ships threaten Antarctica’s ecosystems

10 Jan 2022
Marine life hitching a ride on ocean-crossing ships poses a threat to Antarctica’s pristine ecosystems, with the potential for invasive species to...
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Rabbit and birds painting.

The Lost Words: a ‘spell book’ that closes the gap between childhood and nature

01 Jan 2022
The Lost Words is a book by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris that summons the magic of nature to help children find, love and protect the natural...
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Prescribed burn of grassland

Controlled burning of natural environments could help offset our carbon emissions

23 Dec 2021
Planting trees and suppressing wildfires do not necessarily maximise the carbon storage of natural ecosystems. A new study has found that prescribed...
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Arctic Ocean started getting warmer decades earlier than we thought

24 Nov 2021
The Arctic Ocean has been getting warmer since the beginning of the 20th century – decades earlier than records suggest – due to warmer water flowing...
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