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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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Extinction Rebellion: Protesters fined over Cambridge college lawn damage

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Two members of Extinction Rebellion admit criminal damage after turf at Trinity College was dug up.

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Extinction Rebellion protesters fined for digging up lawn of Trinity College, Cambridge

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Two have been sentenced at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court.

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More than 60 firefighters tackle recycling plant blaze

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More than 60 firefighters spent the night battling a blaze at a recycling plant.

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