Flight path to net zero
22 Sep 2024 Global aviation could be on a flight path to net zero if industry and governments reach just four goals by 2030, according to a new report from the University of Cambridge.
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Cuckoos evolve to look like their hosts - and form new species in the process
30 May 2024Two decades of cuckoo research have helped scientists to explain how battles between species can cause new species to arise
Climate action scholarships for small island nation students launched in partnership with HRH The Prince of Wales
14 Mar 2022Students from small island nations will be supported in their work to address climate change through new scholarships inspired by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and announced today by the Universities of Cambridge, Toronto, Melbourne, McMaster and Montreal.
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 the Arctic to the low latitudes.
Cellulose: new understanding could lead to tailored biofuels
09 Jun 2016In the search for low emission plant-based fuels, new research may help avoid having to choose between growing crops for food or fuel.
Using experts ‘inexpertly’ leads to policy failure, warn researchers
14 Oct 2015Evidence shows that experts are frequently fallible, say leading risk researchers, and policy makers should not act on expert advice without using rigorous methods that balance subjective distortions inherent in expert estimates.
Twenty top tips for interpreting scientific claims
21 Nov 2013Aiming to improve policy-makers’ understanding of the imperfect nature of science, academics from the Universities of Cambridge and Melbourne have created a list of concepts that they believe should be part of the education of civil servants, politicians, policy advisers and journalists