Year 8 students work with Cambridge researchers to help their peers learn about the census
13 May 2021Year 8 students work with Cambridge researchers to help their peers learn about the census.
News from the Department of Geography.
Cambridge researchers lead policy briefing on Nature-based Solutions for the climate and biodiversity crises
30 Apr 2021As societies face the triple challenge of avoiding the worst effects of climate change, protecting remaining biodiversity and improving human wellbeing, there are calls to end siloed thinking and design solutions that address these problems simultaneously.
The conservationist who started a Twitter trend and saved Nairobi’s wildlife
22 Apr 2021Nyandire Reinhard believes the key to protecting ecosystems is to foster a love of nature in the community. He shares the story of how social media sparked a revolution in the hearts of the public, journalists and politicians to preserve the freedom of Nairobi’s wildlife.
Lakes on Greenland Ice Sheet can drain huge amounts of water, even in winter
01 Apr 2021Using satellite data to ‘see in the dark’, researchers have shown for the first time that lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet drain during winter, a finding with implications for the speed at which the world’s second-largest ice sheet flows to the ocean.
European summer droughts since 2015 unprecedented in past two millennia
15 Mar 2021Recent summer droughts in Europe are far more severe than anything in the past 2,100 years, according to a new study.
The conservationist, the herders and the fashionistas
02 Dec 2020Respect for the Mongolian landscape is engrained within her, says Onon Bayasgalan. Her work is helping herders in her home country to preserve livelihoods and lands that are under threat from the luxury fashion industry.
(When) are you going to have children?
01 Dec 2020The decision about if and when to have children can be one of the most significant many people will ever make. But – for those who have the choice – what influences come into play, and how have these changed over time?
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 decreasing, rather than increasing, the security of global supply chains.
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 thought, and their climatic effects may have contributed to past societal and economic change.
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 region and beyond are far worse than previously thought.
