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Villarica (also known as Rucapillán) volcano, located in southern Chile.

Conserving overlooked and threatened regions

Published
7 April 2022
Categories
Environment
Global
Research

New research shows that private protected areas help conserve underrepresented biomes and highly threatened regions.

Drone viewpoint taken looking directly down on a palm tree canopy

“Tree of life” could help slow climate change

Published
4 April 2022
Categories
Global
Environment
Research

Changing the way fruit is gathered from a “tree of life” could have hugely positive environmental and financial impacts in Amazonia, according to a new study.

Three workers installing solar panels

Halving emissions by 2030 can keep 1.5°C within reach

Published
4 April 2022
Categories
Science
Environment
Research

Without significant increases in the speed and ambition of climate action, limiting global warming to 1.5°C will be beyond reach, according to a major international report published today.

A crowded street, with many people walking to work

Swapping cars for walking

Published
17 March 2022
Categories
Research
Coronavirus
Environment

People are now routinely using their cars less and walking more since the first COVID-19 lockdown, according to new research.

Ice wedges in a field, in a polygonal pattern known as ice wedge polygons.

Permafrost peatlands approaching tipping point

Published
14 March 2022
Categories
Environment
Global
Research

Researchers warn that permafrost peatlands in Europe and Western Siberia are much closer to a climatic tipping point than previous believed.  

Broken tree in the Amazon rainforest

What's killing trees in the southern Amazon?

Published
28 February 2022
Categories
University
Science
Environment
Research

A team of Brazilian and British scientists have discovered that extreme wind and water-deficiency are the main causes of tree death in the southern Amazon.

Tropical forest landscape

Tropical carbon loss has doubled due to forest clearance

Published
28 February 2022
Categories
University
Science
Environment

Researchers using multiple high-resolution satellite observations have found that carbon loss has more than doubled since 2001 due to forest clearance across the tropics.

Flood Victims on boats, being rescued.

Climate change 'a mounting threat to our wellbeing'

Published
28 February 2022
Categories
Science
Environment
Research

Despite efforts to reduce the risks, changes in the Earth’s climate caused by human activity are affecting the lives of billions of people, according to a major international report published today.