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International team heads for Antarctica to study global warming effects

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International team heads for Antarctica to study global warming effects

A research mission to Antarctica will study the effects of global warming on the West Antarctic ice sheet. The mission is part of an international research programme, which includes researchers … The post International team heads for Antarctica to study global warming effects appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.

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Farm hopes new biogas plant in tiny Cambs village will protect its future

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A new renewable energy plant will safeguard farming jobs and help farms to receive more stable income, the plans say

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Bin store with 10 wheelie bins goes up in flames in Cambridge

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It is thought sparklers disposed of in a recycling bin may have caused the fire.

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Plans for sprawling solar farm covering 118 hectares of Cambridgeshire farmland

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The panels would be removed after 40 years

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Cambridge professor arrested in Just Stop Oil protest

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Professor Jason Scott-Warren said that he would not ‘stand by’ as government inaction on climate change ‘opens the gates of hell’

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Caterpillars struggle to survive climate change, says study

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Fewer caterpillars means fewer “beautiful, charismatic butterflies”, a researcher says.

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Council ranked highly for combating climate change

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Reference:  Date:  Fri, 10/27/2023 East Cambridgeshire District Council has officially been ranked 29th out of 164 district councils for its work to combat climate change, putting it in the top quartile for performance. This is the second time campaign group Climate Emergency UK has officially scored local authorities on their performance. The assessment consisted of…

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Network Rail completes its first zero carbon engineering works in Eastern region

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It used batteries and solar power for overhead line renewals at Royston station.

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Kamiar Mohaddes paper runner-up in FT awards

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Kamiar Mohaddes paper runner-up in FT awards

The Financial Times Thursday, 20 January, 2022 Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes‘s paper, “Rising Temperatures, Falling Ratings: The Effect of Climate Change on Sovereign Creditworthiness”, was named runner-up in the Financial Times Responsible Business Education Awards. The paper, joint with Patrycja Klusak, Matthew Agarwala, Matt Burke, and Moritz Kraemer, uses AI to put science, economics, and materiality…

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Fighting climate change will help economic growth

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Fighting climate change will help economic growth

Dr Kamiar Mohaddes Tuesday, 16 August, 2022 Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes‘s research into long-term macroeconomic effects of climate change, has been featured in an article on the University of Cambridge news site. The papers, joint with Matthew E.Kahn, Ryan N.C.Ng, M. Hashem Pesaran, Mehdi Raissi and Jui-Chung Yang, look at macroeconomic effects of Climate Change and…

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