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Matt Hancock and Lucy Frazer set out opposition to proposed Sunnica solar farm

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The MPs write to Sunnica to set out their opposition to a planned 2,700-acre solar farm in its current form.

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LCIL Friday Lecture: ‘Climate change and the law of the sea: A test for international law’ – Prof Nilufer Oral, Director of the Centre for International Law – NUS

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Lecture summary: Recent scientific information presents an alarming diagnosis of the multiple adverse consequences of climate change on the ocean: levels of ocean acidification not seen in millions of years, changes in ocean chemistry, warming temperatures and deoxygenation threating marine life, in particular coral reefs; and rapidly melting glaciers and ice sheets challenging the survival…

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LCIL Friday Lecture: ‘Climate change and the law of the sea: A test for international law’ – Prof Nilufer Oral, National University of Singapore

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Lecture summary: Recent scientific information presents an alarming diagnosis of the multiple adverse consequences of climate change on the ocean: levels of ocean acidification not seen in millions of years, changes in ocean chemistry, warming temperatures and deoxygenation threating marine life, in particular coral reefs; and rapidly melting glaciers and ice sheets challenging the survival…

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Two arrests as Extinction Rebellion protesters sit down in the middle of five Cambridge roads

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‘I’m scared I’ll have to watch the Earth die before I do’, says climate change protester

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Extinction Rebellion protesters block five Cambridge roads

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Protesters sat in the road stopping traffic from moving

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Krill could be vital in climate change battle, say British Antarctic Survey researchers

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We may have underestimated the impact of vast swarms in the Southern Ocean, say Cambridge scientists.

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Comberton Village College tackles environmental issues in week-long ‘climate emergency’

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A ‘climate emergency’ week has been declared all this week at Comberton Village College.

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What can museum specimens tell us about climate change?

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The humble blue mussel is fighting to protect itself from environmental change and increased predation by building itself a thicker shell. The unexpected phenomenon, tracked by researchers through generations of museum specimens, shows that climate change can have complex localized impacts that cannot be predicted by global experimental models.

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The Martin Centre Research Seminar Series: The Dash for Electricity: Will Electric Heating Allow the UK to Meet its Climate Change Targets?

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Jason Palmer (Director, Cambridge Architectural Research Ltd and Cambridge Energy Ltd)

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Black Friday is target for Extinction Rebellion Cambridge ire

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Climate protest group decries reluctance to repair and reuse

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