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Scientists unravel the fast-moving ‘butterfly effect’ of the deep ocean

09 Jul 2026

Tiny, invisible swirls and twirls – not much bigger than a coin – deep below the ocean’s surface are silently shaping some of the biggest forces...

Researchers unravel the complex reaction pathways in zero-carbon fuel synthesis

20 Jan 2023

Researchers have used isotopes of carbon to trace how carbon dioxide emissions could be converted into low-carbon fuels and chemicals. The result...

Green Leaf inside a Computer Circuit Board

Big data's hidden cost

16 Jan 2023

As the climate emergency and cost-of-living crisis focus our minds on how to reduce energy, a group of scientists have highlighted the hidden...

New, nature-inspired concepts for turning CO2 into clean fuels

28 Feb 2022

Researchers have developed an efficient concept to turn carbon dioxide into clean, sustainable fuels, without any unwanted by-products or waste.

Wireless device makes clean fuel from sunlight, CO2 and water

24 Aug 2020

Researchers have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any...

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...

High flying academics

10 Feb 2020

Cambridge University has committed to dramatically reducing its carbon footprint. But making a meaningful difference will involve tackling the culture...

Carbon capture: universities and industry work together to tackle emissions

25 Oct 2017

An international collaboration between universities and industry will further develop carbon capture and storage technology – one of the best hopes...

ISS013-E-24184 (23 May 2006) --- Eruption of Cleveland Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 13 crewmember on the International Space Station.

Link identified between continental breakup, volcanic carbon emissions and evolution

20 Jul 2017

Researchers have found that the formation and breakup of supercontinents over hundreds of millions of years controls volcanic carbon emissions. The...

Carbon dioxide can be stored underground for ten times the length needed to avoid climatic impact

28 Jul 2016

Study of natural-occurring 100,000 year-old CO2 reservoirs shows no significant corroding of ‘cap rock’, suggesting the greenhouse gas hasn’t leaked...

University of Cambridge at the World Economic Forum 2016

15 Jan 2016

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge is to lead a delegation of academics to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum at Davos...

Melting of massive ice ‘lid’ resulted in huge release of CO2 at the end of the ice age

04 Jan 2016

A new study of how the structure of the ocean has changed since the end of the last ice age suggest that the melting of a vast ‘lid’ of sea ice caused...

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Scientists unravel the fast-moving ‘butterfly effect’ of the deep ocean

Researchers unravel the complex reaction pathways in zero-carbon fuel synthesis

Big data's hidden cost

New, nature-inspired concepts for turning CO2 into clean fuels

Wireless device makes clean fuel from sunlight, CO2 and water

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

High flying academics

Carbon capture: universities and industry work together to tackle emissions

Link identified between continental breakup, volcanic carbon emissions and evolution

Carbon dioxide can be stored underground for ten times the length needed to avoid climatic impact

University of Cambridge at the World Economic Forum 2016

Melting of massive ice ‘lid’ resulted in huge release of CO2 at the end of the ice age

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