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Coordinating Renewable Energy Expansion with Climate-Induced Range Changes

The loss of biodiversity and the demand for clean, renewable energy are both being exacerbated by climate change. It is also changing the predicted future habitats of species.

11 Mar 2024

Potential of Marine Habitats in Countering Climate Change

Researchers working on a Cornwall Council initiative to investigate the potential of marine ecosystems in combating climate change identified one of the largest concentrations of a rare form of seaweed ever recorded in UK waters.

5 Mar 2024

Used Cars From the UK Pollute More Abroad Than at Home

A recent investigation conducted by experts at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science uncovers that secondhand vehicles exported from Great Britain to less affluent nations not only fall short of British road safety regulations but also exhibit higher levels of pollution and lower fuel efficiency compared to those designated for recycling.

21 Feb 2024

Amazon Rainfall Decline Threatens South American Monsoon

The Amazon rainforest faces the risk of reaching a tipping point, potentially triggering a widespread collapse with significant consequences for the global climate.

15 Feb 2024

Study Links Climate Change to Emergence of West Nile Virus in Europe

West Nile virus is an emerging pathogen in Europe and represents a public health threat in previously non-affected European countries.

15 Feb 2024

Could Lab-Grown ‘Meaty’ Rice be the Key to a More Sustainable Food System?

Researchers from Yonsei University have engineered a new sustainable food that could be a “shortcut to a sustainable food system,” safeguarding society from both global warming and food crises.

15 Feb 2024

Green Roofs Reduce Energy Use and Fight Regional Climate Change

According to a new study, extensive vegetation coverage on building rooftops might significantly lower temperatures at the city scale and save energy expenditures.

14 Feb 2024

Greenland's Changing Landscape Signals Global Threat

A comprehensive examination of historical satellite data reveals that approximately 11,000 square miles or 28,707 square kilometers of Greenland's ice sheet and glaciers have melted over the past 30 years.

14 Feb 2024

Fishing Practices Impact Fishermen’s Adaptation to Climate Change, Study Finds

Timothy Frawley has spent the better of the past two decades working in and around commercial fisheries. Born and raised in Casco Bay, Maine, he grew up packing lobsters and pitching bait on Portland's working waterfront. He has worked in commercial fisheries in California, Alaska and the Mexican state of Baja California Sur.

14 Feb 2024

Ramboll Foundation Award Announces Winner to Bridge Biodiversity and Climate Change Efforts in Brazil

Global engineering, design and sustainability consultancy Ramboll has today announced that biologist and Senior Research Associate Leonardo de Sousa Miranda of Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University has been selected as the winner of the 2023 Ramboll Foundation Award.

13 Feb 2024