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Divestment update: four colleges announce partial divestment from fossil fuels

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Divestment update: four colleges announce partial divestment from fossil fuels

Divestment revelations come during Extinction Rebellion’s direct action campaign.

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How an astrophysicist wrote ‘Food and Climate Change Without the Hot Air’

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New title published September 3 by UIT Books with webinar launch on August 26

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Synchronous timing of past abrupt climate changes

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Synchronous timing of past abrupt climate changes

New research has revealed that climate changes associated with past episodes of abrupt warming in Greenland occurred synchronously across a region extending from the Arctic to the Southern Hemisphere subtropics. … The post Synchronous timing of past abrupt climate changes appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.

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Synchronous timing of abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period

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The post Synchronous timing of abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.

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What’s the point? Extinction Rebellion revisits Trinity College lawn

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The February dig that polarised Cambridge and the nation is back in the news as first court hearings take place

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Abrupt changes in Earth’s past climate occurred synchronously

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An international study, involving Professor Eric Wolff at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, has found that the onset of past climate changes was synchronous over an area extending from the Arctic to the low latitudes.

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Eleven Extinction Rebellion protestors appear in court charged with criminal damage

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A number of protesters – one as young as 19 – have appeared in court charged with criminal damage to two Cambridgeshire land marks.

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Wireless device makes clean fuel from sunlight, CO2 and water

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Wireless device makes clean fuel from sunlight, CO2 and water

Image of Dr Qian Wang courtesy University of Cambridge Thursday, August 20, 2020 Researchers here have developed a stand-alone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity. The device is a significant step toward achieving artificial photosynthesis – a process mimicking the ability of…

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Extinction Rebellion return to Trinity Lawns as divestment protests continue

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Extinction Rebellion return to Trinity Lawns as divestment protests continue

our XR Cambridge members charged with criminal damage of Trinity property in February returned to the college yesterday afternoon after their first court hearing to continue protests against fossil fuel investments.

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Extinction Rebellion activists fined over £4,000 damage to university lawn

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Two activists from Norfolk who dug out a lawn outside a Cambridge University college have been fined and ordered to pay compensation, while a third awaits punishment.

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