Climate crisis

Urgent call for more Southern Ocean research

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Urgent call for more Southern Ocean research

Today, hundreds of international scientists are sounding a clarion call for urgent expansion of Southern Ocean research in the emerging climate crisis. 300 scientists from 25 nations have been meeting … The post Urgent call for more Southern Ocean research appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.

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Community Open Map Platform (COMP) Green Transitions Ecosystem Project

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Community Open Map Platform (COMP) Green Transitions Ecosystem Project

green_transition.png   A team led by Prof Flora Samuel from Cambridge’s Department of Architecture has been awarded one of four new £4.625 million Green Transition Ecosystem grants by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to create a Community Open Map Platform (COMP) for Future Generations to chart the green transition on the Isle of…

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Photosynthesis ‘hack’ could lead to new ways of generating renewable energy

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Photosynthesis ‘hack’ could lead to new ways of generating renewable energy

image of cells and electrons during photosynthesis Wednesday, March 22, 2023 An in-depth study of photosynthesis could lead to new ways of generating clean fuel and renewable energy. Dr Jenny Zhang from this department has coordinated an international team of physicists, chemists and biologists to study the earliest stages of photosynthesis in live cells at…

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SU election campaigning gets under way

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Candidates for the SU elections have released their manifestos which focus on the cost of living crisis, strikes, mental health and the climate crisis

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Huntingdonshire officially recognises climate crisis – four years after neighbouring councils

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Huntingdonshire District Council has formally recognised the climate crisis and ecological emergency as it adopted its plan to hit net zero emissions by 2040. One councillor said it was ‘time to take action before it is too late’

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Academics divided over delay to fossil fuel vote

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In a discussion of a proposal to stop the University from accepting fossil fuel funding, academics disagreed over the effect it would have on academic freedoms and the impact it would have on the climate crisis

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Floating ‘artificial leaves’ ride the wave of clean fuel production

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Floating ‘artificial leaves’ ride the wave of clean fuel production

An artificial leaf floats on the River Cam near King’s College Chapel, courtesy UofCambridge Monday, August 15, 2022 Researchers here have developed floating ‘artificial leaves’ that generate clean fuels from sunlight and water, and could eventually operate on a large scale at sea. The team designed ultra-thin, flexible devices, which take their inspiration from photosynthesis…

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Cambridge MP condemns the Queen’s Speech for not doing enough and ‘stoking up culture wars’

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Cambridge MP, Daniel Zeichner, has hit out at the lack of measures to help with the Cost of Living crisis and climate crisis

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Hydrogen heating isn’t a viable climate crisis solution, says Cambridge innovation specialist

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Nathan Wrench considers the future of energy – without ‘bait and switch’ detours

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SU calls on University to end collaboration with fossil fuel companies

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The tough manifesto challenges the “stunning betrayal of the University’s responsibility” in the climate crisis

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