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Environmental Sciences
Environmental Sciences - 21.02
Russian heat wave 'had both manmade and natural causes'
The heat wave that struck western Russia in summer 2010, causing 55,000 deaths, was caused by a combination of manmade and natural factors. However, the frequency of occurrence of such heat waves has increased by a factor of three over recent decades, new research suggests.
Russian heat wave 'had both manmade and natural causes'
Environmental Sciences - Life Sciences - 15.02
The crystal ball of conservation
An innovative horizon-scanning exercise, which has just delivered its latest report, highlights emerging topics of relevance to the world's natural environment and the diversity of its species. We can't hope to spot all potential issues.
The crystal ball of conservation
Environmental Sciences - 14.02
Productive farms can be 'greener than organic'
Farms that aim for high food production using environmentally-friendly practices could be better for the environment than both organic and conventional farms. A study, led by Oxford University scientists, compared the environmental impact of different farming systems.
Productive farms can be 'greener than organic'
Environmental Sciences - Life Sciences - 10.02
A lost world? How zooarchaeology can inform biodiversity conservation
A new study of tropical forests will provide a 50,000-year perspective on how animal biodiversity has changed, explored through an archaeological investigation of animal bones. The study of ancient animal bones can provide a remarkably long-range perspective.
A lost world? How zooarchaeology can inform biodiversity conservation
Environmental Sciences - Earth Sciences - 1.02
Plant invasion triggered ice ages
They may have looked more like a green carpet than a forest but the first land plants really did change the world. New research led by scientists from Oxford University and Exeter University has shown that the invasion of the land by plants in the Ordovician Period (488-443 million years ago) cooled the climate and triggered a series of ice ages.
Plant invasion triggered ice ages
Life Sciences - Environmental Sciences - 24.01
Improving crops from the roots up
Research has taken us a step closer to breeding hardier crops that can better adapt to different environmental conditions and fight off attack from parasites. In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), the researchers have shown that they can alter root growth in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, or thale cress, by controlling an important regulatory protein.
Improving crops from the roots up
Research has taken us a step closer to breeding hardier crops that can better adapt to different environmental conditions and fight off attack from parasites. In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), the researchers have shown that they can alter root growth in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, or thale cress, by controlling an important regulatory protein.
Business/Economics - Environmental Sciences - 23.01
Low carbon, moderate income and long life
A new study shows that countries with high incomes and high carbon emissions do not achieve higher life expectancies than those with moderate incomes and lower carbon emissions. This finding challenges the assumption that human wellbeing requires growth in both economic activity and carbon emissions.
Low carbon, moderate income and long life
A new study shows that countries with high incomes and high carbon emissions do not achieve higher life expectancies than those with moderate incomes and lower carbon emissions. This finding challenges the assumption that human wellbeing requires growth in both economic activity and carbon emissions.
Chemistry - Environmental Sciences - 13.01
Particle which could ’cool the planet’
Scientists have shown that a new molecule in the earth's atmosphere has the potential to play a significant role in off-setting global warming by cooling the planet. In a breakthrough paper published in Science, researchers from the University of Manchester , the University of Bristol and Sandia National Laboratories report the potentially revolutionary effects of Criegee biradicals.
Particle which could ’cool the planet’
Environmental Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 13.01
Study urges targeting of pollution sources
A new study by an international team of researchers, including scientists from King's, shows that implementing 14 key air pollution control measures could slow the pace of global warming, save millions of lives and boost agricultural production.
Study urges targeting of pollution sources
A new study by an international team of researchers, including scientists from King's, shows that implementing 14 key air pollution control measures could slow the pace of global warming, save millions of lives and boost agricultural production.
Chemistry - Environmental Sciences - 13.01
Particle which could ‘cool the planet’
Scientists have shown that a new molecule in the earth's atmosphere has the potential to play a significant role in off-setting global warming by cooling the planet. In a breakthrough paper published in Science , researchers from The University of Manchester , The University of Bristol and Sandia National Laboratories report the potentially revolutionary effects of Criegee biradicals.
Particle which could ‘cool the planet’
Environmental Sciences - Civil Engineering - 11.01
Urban Biodiversity and the feel-good factor
Urban Biodiversity and the feel-good factor Urban Biodiversity and the feel-good factor Visitors to urban green spaces in Sheffield feel better in areas they perceive to have greater biodiversity.
Urban Biodiversity and the feel-good factor
Urban Biodiversity and the feel-good factor Urban Biodiversity and the feel-good factor Visitors to urban green spaces in Sheffield feel better in areas they perceive to have greater biodiversity.
Environmental Sciences - 9.01
Ice age, interrupted
Research shows that a new ice age could well have been upon us in the next millennium were it not for increases in CO2 due to humans, despite the advantageous trend in solar radiation of our current age.
Ice age, interrupted
Environmental Sciences - Chemistry - 23.12.2011
Go to work on a Christmas card: UK’s wrapping paper and festive cards could provide energy to send a bus to the moon more than 20 times
If all the UK's discarded wrapping paper and Christmas cards were collected and fermented, they could make enough biofuel to run a double-decker bus to the moon and back more than 20 times, according to the researchers behind a new scientific study.
Go to work on a Christmas card: UK’s wrapping paper and festive cards could provide energy to send a bus to the moon more than 20 times
If all the UK's discarded wrapping paper and Christmas cards were collected and fermented, they could make enough biofuel to run a double-decker bus to the moon and back more than 20 times, according to the researchers behind a new scientific study.
Life Sciences - Environmental Sciences - 13.12.2011
Insight could help develop new crops
Crops that can cope with sudden changes in the weather could be developed, thanks to fresh discoveries about plants. University scientists have studied how tiny algae survive by renewing old or damaged cell proteins.
Insight could help develop new crops
Crops that can cope with sudden changes in the weather could be developed, thanks to fresh discoveries about plants. University scientists have studied how tiny algae survive by renewing old or damaged cell proteins.
Environmental Sciences - Earth Sciences - 7.12.2011
Global sea surface temperature dataset provides new measure of climate sensitivity over the last half million years
Scientists at the Universities of Bristol and Southampton have developed important new insight into climate sensitivity - the sensitivity of global temperature to changes in the Earth's radiation balance - over the last half million years.
Global sea surface temperature dataset provides new measure of climate sensitivity over the last half million years
Environmental Sciences - Life Sciences - 2.12.2011
Study of wolves will help scientists predict climate effects on endangered animals
Scientists studying populations of gray wolves in the USA's Yellowstone National Park have developed a way to predict how changes in the environment will impact on the animals' number, body size and genetics, amongst other biological traits.
Study of wolves will help scientists predict climate effects on endangered animals
Scientists studying populations of gray wolves in the USA's Yellowstone National Park have developed a way to predict how changes in the environment will impact on the animals' number, body size and genetics, amongst other biological traits.
Earth Sciences - Environmental Sciences - 26.11.2011
Discoveries provide evidence of a celestial procession at Stonehenge
Archaeologists have discovered evidence of two huge pits positioned on celestial alignment at Stonehenge. Shedding new light on the significant association of the monument with the sun, these pits may have contained tall stones, wooden posts or even fires to mark its rising and setting and could have defined a processional route used by agriculturalists to celebrate the passage of the sun across the sky at the summer solstice.
Discoveries provide evidence of a celestial procession at Stonehenge
Environmental Sciences - Life Sciences - 23.11.2011
Seals show different levels of parenting skills
Seals show different levels of parenting skills Grey seals have different types of personality that affect the extent to which they guard and care for their young, according to new research. Researchers from Durham University and the University of St Andrews, looking at seal colonies in Scotland, found that seal mothers are often unpredictable and adopt a wide variation of mothering styles when it comes to checking on their pups.
Seals show different levels of parenting skills
Seals show different levels of parenting skills Grey seals have different types of personality that affect the extent to which they guard and care for their young, according to new research. Researchers from Durham University and the University of St Andrews, looking at seal colonies in Scotland, found that seal mothers are often unpredictable and adopt a wide variation of mothering styles when it comes to checking on their pups.
Environmental Sciences - 10.11.2011
Antarctic rocks help predict sea levels
Ancient rocks embedded in the West Antarctic ice sheet could help University scientists improve sea level predictions. Researchers will determine how long Antarctic rocks at the ice surface have been exposed to cosmic radiation - energy from exploding stars in space - during their lifetime.
Antarctic rocks help predict sea levels
Ancient rocks embedded in the West Antarctic ice sheet could help University scientists improve sea level predictions. Researchers will determine how long Antarctic rocks at the ice surface have been exposed to cosmic radiation - energy from exploding stars in space - during their lifetime.
Environmental Sciences - Life Sciences - 1.11.2011
Roads are detrimental to Europe’s protected bats
New study suggests major roads significantly reduce bat numbers, activity and diversity - raising serious issues for how road construction projects mitigate their impact on these protected species. The findings - published today in the Journal of Applied Ecology - show that the negative impact of a major road stretches a considerable distance, with bat activity three times lower at the roadside than 1.6km away.
Roads are detrimental to Europe’s protected bats
New study suggests major roads significantly reduce bat numbers, activity and diversity - raising serious issues for how road construction projects mitigate their impact on these protected species. The findings - published today in the Journal of Applied Ecology - show that the negative impact of a major road stretches a considerable distance, with bat activity three times lower at the roadside than 1.6km away.
Environmental Sciences - Earth Sciences - 10.10.2011
Solar variability helps explain cold winters
Monday 10 October 2011 Adapted from a press release issued by the UK Met Office Watch a video of Professor Joanna Haigh explaining solar variability Research led by the Met Office has shed new light on a link between decadal solar variability and winter climate in the UK, northern Europe and parts of America.
Solar variability helps explain cold winters
Earth Sciences - Environmental Sciences - 25.09.2011
Plant Body Clock Observed in Tropical Forest Research
Predictions of the ground-level pollutant ozone will be more accurate in future according to research published today (25 September) by environment scientists at research centres including the University of Birmingham Geoscience.
Plant Body Clock Observed in Tropical Forest Research
Predictions of the ground-level pollutant ozone will be more accurate in future according to research published today (25 September) by environment scientists at research centres including the University of Birmingham Geoscience.
Environmental Sciences - 22.09.2011
Our ability to model past climates does not guarantee future success
New research from the University of Leeds shows that past trends in climate must be very carefully understood before using them to model the future. Climate scientists found that models are generally good at seeing past trends - but that there are important differences that must be recognised when predicting future climate patterns.
Our ability to model past climates does not guarantee future success
New research from the University of Leeds shows that past trends in climate must be very carefully understood before using them to model the future. Climate scientists found that models are generally good at seeing past trends - but that there are important differences that must be recognised when predicting future climate patterns.
Environmental Sciences - Life Sciences - 20.09.2011
Spore Wars in the wild outdoors
Common woodland invertebrates (including woodlice, millipedes and worms) can help ensure the survival of weaker species of woodland fungi, according to new research from the School of Biosciences. Huge fungal networks, often stretching over several hectares of woodland, compete with each other for space and resources and, now, findings have shown that invertebrates living on the woodland floor have the potential to govern the outcome of these battles.
Spore Wars in the wild outdoors
Environmental Sciences - 19.09.2011
Deforestation reduces rainfall in Africa
Deforestation in the rainforests of West Africa reduces rainfall over the rest of the forest, according to new University of Leeds research published in Geophysical Research Letters. The study shows that changing land use from forest to crop land reduces rainfall over neighbouring trees by around 50% due to changes in the surface temperature which affects the formation of rain clouds.
Deforestation reduces rainfall in Africa
Environmental Sciences - 16.09.2011
Scientists air new views on how oxygenation affects aquatic life
Recent work at Plymouth University on how animals breathe underwater suggests that decreases in water quality and oxygenation will have an even greater impact on the diversity of aquatic life than was previously thought.
Scientists air new views on how oxygenation affects aquatic life
Recent work at Plymouth University on how animals breathe underwater suggests that decreases in water quality and oxygenation will have an even greater impact on the diversity of aquatic life than was previously thought.
Environmental Sciences - Earth Sciences - 13.09.2011
SPICE project announced at British Science Festival
Preparations are underway for a unique test of engineering technology that could open up new ways to reduce atmospheric temperatures caused by climate change, and complement conventional measures to reduce carbon emissions.
SPICE project announced at British Science Festival
Environmental Sciences - History/Philosophy - 13.09.2011
Seeing beneath the soil to uncover the past
Archaeology is no longer just about digging holes. New research by a team led from the University of Leeds promises to improve the investigation of our heritage from the air. The work should revolutionise the use of 'state-of-the-art' remote sensing technology, improving the 'hit rate' of aerial archaeology without physically disturbing sites of cultural heritage.
Seeing beneath the soil to uncover the past
Archaeology is no longer just about digging holes. New research by a team led from the University of Leeds promises to improve the investigation of our heritage from the air. The work should revolutionise the use of 'state-of-the-art' remote sensing technology, improving the 'hit rate' of aerial archaeology without physically disturbing sites of cultural heritage.
Environmental Sciences - Earth Sciences - 9.09.2011
800,000 years of abrupt climate variability
An international team of scientists, led by Stephen Barker of Cardiff University, has produced a prediction of what climate records from Greenland might look like over the last 800,000 years. Drill cores taken from Greenland's vast ice sheets provided the first clue that Earth's climate is capable of very rapid transitions and have led to vigorous scientific investigation into the possible causes of abrupt climate change.
800,000 years of abrupt climate variability
Environmental Sciences - History/Philosophy - 23.08.2011
Ancient daddy long legs creep up in 3D: 300m year old harvestmen revealed in new virtual fossil
Two ancient types of harvestmen, or ‘daddy long legs,' which skittered around forests more than 300 million years ago, are revealed in new three-dimensional virtual fossil models published today .
Ancient daddy long legs creep up in 3D: 300m year old harvestmen revealed in new virtual fossil
Environmental Sciences - Business/Economics - 22.08.2011
Shell Shock! Damage to marine ecosystems revealed as CO2 emissions continue to rise
Shell Shock! Damage to marine ecosystems revealed as CO2 emissions continue to rise
Environmental Sciences - History/Philosophy - 7.07.2011
Modern polar bears descended from extinct bears from Ireland
Modern polar bears descended from extinct bears from Ireland
Environmental Sciences - Physics/Astronomy - 5.07.2011
World War Two Bombing Raids Offer New Insight into the Effects of Aviation on Climate
World War Two Bombing Raids Offer New Insight into the Effects of Aviation on Climate
Environmental Sciences - Physics/Astronomy - 4.07.2011
'Cling-film' solar cells could lead to advance in renewable energy
'Cling-film' solar cells could lead to advance in renewable energy
Medicine/Pharmacology - Environmental Sciences - 30.06.2011
Farm animal disease to increase with climate change
Farm animal disease to increase with climate change
Earth Sciences - Environmental Sciences - 2.06.2011
Teeth of hominids suggests early cavemen had foreign brides?
Teeth of hominids suggests early cavemen had foreign brides?
Environmental Sciences - Life Sciences - 31.05.2011
Ocean acidification leaves clownfish deaf to predators
Ocean acidification leaves clownfish deaf to predators
Environmental Sciences - Earth Sciences - 25.05.2011
Experts quantify melting glaciers´ effect on ocean currents
Experts quantify melting glaciers´ effect on ocean currents
Life Sciences - Environmental Sciences - 7.04.2011
Genetic differences influence the structure of communities
Genetic differences influence the structure of communities
Physics/Astronomy - Environmental Sciences - 1.04.2011
Sugar-grain sized meteorites rocked the climates of early Earth and Mars, according to new study
Sugar-grain sized meteorites rocked the climates of early Earth and Mars, according to new study
Life Sciences - Environmental Sciences - 17.03.2011
Not So Eagle Eyed: New Study Reveals Why Birds Collide with Manmade Objects
Not So Eagle Eyed: New Study Reveals Why Birds Collide with Manmade Objects
Environmental Sciences - Business/Economics - 8.03.2011
Groundbreaking research finds small farms are sustainable
Groundbreaking research finds small farms are sustainable
Environmental Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 2.03.2011
Giving children the power to be scientists
Giving children the power to be scientists
Medicine/Pharmacology - Environmental Sciences - 1.03.2011
Research uncovers new threat from harmful algae
Research uncovers new threat from harmful algae
Environmental Sciences - Earth Sciences - 16.02.2011
Insects hold atomic clues about the type of habitats in which they live
Insects hold atomic clues about the type of habitats in which they live
Environmental Sciences - Life Sciences - 2.02.2011
High arctic avian athlete gives lessons about animal welfare
High arctic avian athlete gives lessons about animal welfare
Earth Sciences - Environmental Sciences - 2.02.2011
Secrets of dinosaur footprints revealed, thanks to Goldilocks
Secrets of dinosaur footprints revealed, thanks to Goldilocks
Business/Economics - Environmental Sciences - 17.12.2010
You only live once: our flawed understanding of risk helps drive financial market instability
You only live once: our flawed understanding of risk helps drive financial market instability
Environmental Sciences - Business/Economics - 1.12.2010
Developed world at risk of forgetting about AIDS pandemic
Developed world at risk of forgetting about AIDS pandemic
Environmental Sciences - Media Sciences/Political Sciences - 16.11.2010
Climate science under-reported at Copenhagen
Climate science under-reported at Copenhagen
Physics/Astronomy - Environmental Sciences - 2.11.2010
Astronomers find evidence of cosmic climate change
Astronomers find evidence of cosmic climate change
Environmental Sciences - Life Sciences - 2.11.2010
How ancient plants and soil fungi turned the Earth green
How ancient plants and soil fungi turned the Earth green
Environmental Sciences - Physics/Astronomy - 7.10.2010
Study sheds new light on how the Sun affects the Earth’s climate
Study sheds new light on how the Sun affects the Earth’s climate
Environmental Sciences - Physics/Astronomy - 6.10.2010
Study sheds new light on how the Sun affects the Earth’s climate
Study sheds new light on how the Sun affects the Earth’s climate
Environmental Sciences - Chemistry - 6.10.2010
Study to reveal link between climate and early human evolution
Study to reveal link between climate and early human evolution
Environmental Sciences - History/Philosophy - 22.09.2010
Sussex ecologist’s orchid study helps find new clues on climate change
Sussex ecologist’s orchid study helps find new clues on climate change
Environmental Sciences - Life Sciences - 14.09.2010
Biofuel from inedible plant material easier to produce
Biofuel from inedible plant material easier to produce
Medicine/Pharmacology - Environmental Sciences - 26.08.2010
Intervention lowers teenage drinking rates
Intervention lowers teenage drinking rates
Environmental Sciences - Life Sciences - 24.08.2010
New “Naked Scientists” series investigates our oceans
New “Naked Scientists” series investigates our oceans
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