Archive For April 30, 2020
New figures reveal that waste and recycling collected from Fenland homes has shot up by 17% since coronavirus lockdown measures were introduced.
More than 1,000 acres of farmland are being given back to nature in a bid to boost biodiversity and cut carbon emissions.
![The essential travel assistant that could guide us out of lockdown](https://www.cst.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.cst.cam.ac.uk/files/you-smart-thing-essential-travel-assistant-web-resized_0.jpg)
Image: You. Smart. Thing. Covid-19 Essential Travel Assistant. A virtual travel assistant that can help users make socially distanced journeys – including when travelling on public transport – could help us as we emerge from lockdown. So says Janet Wang, an alumna of this department, who is working with Birmingham-based travel management company You. Smart….
Bosses at Suffolk’s waste and recycling centres have confirmed they are not yet in a position to open, despite plans in other parts of the country for closures to be eased.
Cambridgeshire County Council has been discussing the desire to reopen ‘tips’ – and the challenges of doing so.
![Climate Change: The Board Game](https://www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png)
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![Earth Day 2020: A new age of Arctic science discovery – the AI way](https://www.bas.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/polarstern_resize-360x267.jpg)
When we see news reports on climate change on our TV, they are often accompanied by footage of a polar bear walking over the icy Arctic landscape. But the Arctic …