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Renewable energy impacts on marine life

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February 2020: Offshore renewable energy generation may impact negatively on marine life due to construction or operation noise in combination with risks of blunt trauma from blades, which increases risks for marine life when hunting or navigating. Researchers are calling for improved designs and strategic trade-offs between marine conservation efforts and a transition towards 100%…

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Accelerated ice loss in Greenland

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February 2020: Accelerated ice loss in Greenland corresponds to the IPCC high-end climate scenario and identifies warming oceans and warmer air temperatures as primary catalysts. Melting ice will cause sea levels to rise, which, in turn, exposes more coastal communities to flooding, hurricanes, and storm surges. It strengthens calls to mitigate climate change and limit…

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Extinction Rebellion stages mass picnic and tent occupation on King’s College lawns in Cambridge

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Climate activists are demanding the University of Cambridge cuts its ties with the fossil fuel industry.

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Data can help farmers adapt to ‘massive and sustained’ climate changes

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Farmers must act fast to adapt to a rapidly-changing climate – but they were told that increasingly detailed monitoring and forecasting technologies can give their crops the best chance of success.

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Cambridge BP Institute shut down again by Extinction Rebellion

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Activists locked on to building in demand university cut ties to fossil fuel industry

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Live updates as Extinction Rebellion blockades Cambridge BP Institute

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Protesters are blockading the institute as part of the ‘Rebel for Justice’ campaign

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Head shaving protest over ‘shameful refusal’ of climate emergency

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Protestors are set to don scarlet robes and shave their heads on King’s Lynn’s streets in a silent demonstration against a council’s “shameful refusal” to debate declaring a climate emergency.

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This is where Extinction Rebellion’s week-long roadblock will take place

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The protest has been dubbed ‘Cambridge’s largest act of civil disobedience ever.’

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Prince Charles flew 368 miles in his private helicopter to discuss lowering carbon emissions in Cambridge

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The Prince of Wales has been accused of hypocrisy

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This is why police haven’t arrested Extinction Rebellion protesters in Cambridge

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Since the beginning of 2020 the group has been busy protesting around Cambridge

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