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Emissions from wetlands and permafrost impacts climate targets
Additional cuts to fossil fuel emissions are required to limit global warming due to greenhouse gases from wetlands and permafrost, according to new research.
The evolution of early animals caused global warming more than 500 million years ago
Some 520-540 million years ago, animals began to inhabit the seafloor, and this drastically changed the global environment.
Postgraduate students are joint-winners of the Piers Sellers PhD Prize
Two students from the Faculty of Environment were awarded the Piers Sellers PhD Prize at a ceremony earlier this week.
Antarctica ramps up sea level rise
Ice losses from Antarctica have increased global sea levels by 7.6 mm since 1992, with two fifths of this rise (3.0 mm) coming in the last five years alone.
Satellites track vanishing Antarctic ice
Monitoring Antarctica from space has revealed how its ice is being lost to the oceans, providing crucial insight into the continent’s response to a warming climate.