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Scientists of International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) examining a sediment core from beneath the seafloor off Portugal.

Flickering glacial climate may have shaped early human evolution

19 Feb 2026
Researchers have identified a ‘tipping point’ about 2.7 million years ago when global climate conditions switched from being relatively warm and...
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The Royal Society in central London

Ten Cambridge scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society 2024

16 May 2024
Ten outstanding Cambridge researchers have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences and the oldest science...
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A section through the Dharamjali stalagmite that the authors studied.

Prolonged droughts likely spelled the end for Indus megacities

26 Apr 2023
New research involving Cambridge University has found evidence — locked into an ancient stalagmite from a cave in the Himalayas — of a series of...
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Concordia research station in Antarctica

Carbon dioxide ‘pulses’ are a common feature of the carbon cycle

20 Aug 2020
Researchers have found that pulse-like releases of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere are a pervasive feature of the carbon cycle and that they are...
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Edzná ruins, Campeche

Scientists measure severity of drought during the Maya collapse

02 Aug 2018
The severity of drought conditions during the demise of the Maya civilisation about 1,000 years ago has been quantified, representing another piece of...
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Indus script

Decline of Bronze Age ‘megacities’ linked to climate change

27 Feb 2014
Climate change may have contributed to the decline of a city-dwelling civilisation in Pakistan and India 4,100 years ago, according to new research.
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