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Analysis reveals scale of tertiary education's carbon emissions
A major analysis of the carbon footprint of universities and FE colleges has revealed for the first time the source and scale of their emissions.
We cannot address global water challenges without social sciences
Professor Martin-Ortega’s paper sets social sciences and interdisciplinarity agenda for new journal, Nature Water.
Warmer seas may hinder organic carbon burial in ocean sediments
Ocean warming may decrease the rate at which carbon from dead and decaying marine organisms is buried and sequestrated on the sea floor.
Hydropower without the environmental impact
Scientists have analysed data from nearly three million rivers across the globe to identify where hydropower stations could be sited with limited environmental impacts.
Why chocolate feels so good? It's down to lubrication
Scientists have decoded the physical process that takes place in the mouth when chocolate is eaten, as it changes from a solid into a smooth emulsion that many people find totally irresistible.