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Climate Change: The Board Game

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Climate Change: The Board Game

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Earth Day 2020: A new age of Arctic science discovery – the AI way

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Earth Day 2020: A new age of Arctic science discovery – the AI way

When we see news reports on climate change on our TV, they are often accompanied by footage of a polar bear walking over the icy Arctic landscape. But the Arctic …

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University of Cambridge study finds link between high levels of air pollution and deadlier cases of Covid-19

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Researchers at MRC Toxicology Unit release preliminary findings.

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Air pollution could lead to more virus deaths, Cambridge study claims

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Areas with higher air pollution levels appear to have also registered more coronavirus-related deaths

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Extinction Rebellion protestors mark oil spill anniversary with action at Cambridge BP Institute

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Extinction Rebellion protestors mark oil spill anniversary with action at Cambridge BP Institute

Extinction Rebellion Youth Cambridge “took all precautions necessary to keep themselves and others safe”, claiming that their action complies with the Government’s lockdown rules

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How climate change is affecting sea levels

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Extinction Rebellion says ‘protest took place during rebels’ daily exercise’

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"Protesting is not a job that can be done from home, and it is essential for the safety of our future"

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Extinction Rebellion break lockdown rules to spray paint Cambridge building

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XR Youth Cambridge rebels targeted a building

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Plan AI, because there is no planet B

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Plan AI, because there is no planet B

To mark Earth Day on Wednesday 22 April, our colleague Emily Shuckburgh will give the first virtual Turing Lecture on sustainability and the climate crisis. Emily is Reader in Environmental Data Science here and Director of Cambridge Zero at the University of Cambridge. She is a mathematician and climate scientist and a Fellow of Darwin…

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Targeting oligomer dynamics provides hope for new Alzheimer’s therapies

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Targeting oligomer dynamics provides hope for new Alzheimer’s therapies

Lead author Dr Thomas Michaels developed a maths model Sunday, April 12, 2020 Researchers have revealed for the first time the surprising behaviour of toxic oligomers in the amyloid aggregation process involved in Alzheimer’s and other  diseases, thus opening up routes for new therapies against these dreaded killers. Researchers have known for some time that…

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