Climate change

Should children be allowed to take part in climate strikes on school days?

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Scores of children are expected to take to the streets tomorrow to make their voices heard over climate change fears.

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Children should be in school, not on climate strikes, says Norfolk county councillor

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Children should be in school, not taking part in climate change strikes, according to a Norfolk county councillor who was asked to show support for young campaigners ahead of this week’s action.

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Calls for climate change action at Peterborough Cathedral event

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The executive director of operations at the Environment Agency was the keynote speaker at a Green networking event at Peterborough Cathedral.

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Mussels could ‘tough out’ climate change

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Global environmental change is generally bad news for life on Earth. But the future may not be entirely doom and gloom. Cambridge biologist Luca Telesca and colleagues have conducted the first large-scale examination of natural variation in biomineralisation in ecologically and economically important Atlantic mussel species Mytilus edulis and M. trossulus within their natural habitats….

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Climate change challenges human rights

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September 2019: Climate change has the potential to erode human rights, such as social security, access to food, healthcare, shelter, and decent work. The report identifies government leadership and private sector investments as key drivers to adapt current human rights mechanisms.

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Applications invited for three city council grants – tackling inequality, homelessness and climate change

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Applications invited for three city council grants – tackling inequality, homelessness and climate change

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First evidence of human-caused climate change melting the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

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First evidence of human-caused climate change melting the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

New study reveals the first evidence of a direct link between human-induced global warming and melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

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Srinivasan Keshav appointed to the Robert Sansom Professorship

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Srinivasan Keshav appointed to the Robert Sansom Professorship

We’re delighted to announce that Srinivasan Keshav will be joining the Department from October, as the new Robert Sansom Professor of Computer Science. At Cambridge, Professor Srinivasan Keshav will be working broadly on using techniques and technologies from computer science to encourage the adoption of renewable energy, reduce the carbon footprint of legacy systems, and…

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Asian Archaeology Summer Seminar

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Charles Higham (Otago) – The impact of climate change on the rise and fall of early Southeast Asian states

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Into the stratosphere

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Into the stratosphere

Whether you want to predict the Earth’s climate or forecast its daily weather, you need to understand the behaviour of the fluids that make up atmosphere and oceans. Professor Peter Haynes of the Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics Group at DAMTP is one of the mathematicians who provide this crucial understanding. His work in the field has recently…

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