'Government must protect critical services from climate change'
A damning report from MPs says the Government needs to do more to protect critical national infrastructure in the UK from being disrupted by extreme weather.
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Getting Yorkshire to net zero
Regional leaders and organisations must work ever more closely to achieve net zero in Yorkshire and the Humber.
Dynamic oxygen levels may have accelerated animal evolution
Oxygen levels in the Earth’s atmosphere are likely to have “fluctuated wildly” one billion years ago, creating conditions that could have accelerated the development of early animals, say researchers.
Calculating the carbon cost of food
A calculator which could reduce the level of carbon emissions generated by food production and consumption has been developed by data scientists at the University of Leeds.
How fish survive extreme pressures of ocean life
Scientists have discovered how a chemical in the cells of marine organisms enables them to survive the high pressures found in the deep oceans.
Climate models unreliable in predicting damage to coral reefs
Climate models are unreliable when it comes to predicting the damage that tropical cyclones will do to sensitive coral reefs, according to a new study published in the journal Earth’s Future.
Tropical soils 'highly sensitive' to global warming
Global warming is likely to cause a decline in the number of species of microbes that live in tropical soils - and that could threaten the biodiversity of rainforests and increase carbon emissions.
New method to assess health of ozone layer
Researchers have developed a new method for assessing the impact of ozone-depleting chemicals released into the atmosphere.
Shark impact on fishing communities
People who make a living fishing off the coral reefs around the Maldives say their daily income is down by almost a quarter due to sharks stealing their catch.
True size of largest tropical peatland revealed
A new study has mapped the full scale of a vast region of peatland in the heart of the Congo Basin, revealing it to be 15% bigger than previously thought.