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New research shows that Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), a key link in the Southern Ocean food web, have refuges from the rapid climatic warming and ice loss that has degraded … The post Antarctic krill take refuge from climate change appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Hughes Hall, a College within the University of Cambridge, intends to establish a major new research initiative in Climate Law and Governance in conjunction with its Centre for Climate Change Engagement (HHCCCE). This will include two stipendiary post-doctoral positions to pursue research on law and climate change: the…
August 2020: Pairing artificial reefs with AI monitoring technology may support the restoration and protection of marine habitats. It could increase fish abundance and strengthen coastal protection in degraded ecosystems. Such approaches could be expanded to shipwrecks, wind turbine cables, or decommissioned oil and gas rigs.
Cartonera is an artistic publishing movement which originally began in Argentina but spread all across Latin America. It was born of an economic crisis where people – cartoneros – started making a living by selling materials they had salvaged to recycling plants. Cartonera books are usually made from the cardboard bought from cartoneros at a higher cost set by recycling plants. The cardboard they find is used to create…
Image of coin cells courtesy Department of Chemistry photography Monday, August 24, 2020 Researchers have identified a potential new degradation mechanism for electric vehicle batteries – a key step to designing effective methods to improve battery lifetime. Researchers from this Department, the University of Liverpool, and the Diamond Light Source have identified one of the…
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.
The post Synchronous timing of abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.