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African tropical forest

The ability of the world’s tropical forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere is decreasing, according to a study tracking 300,000 trees over 30 years, published today in Nature.

Buffalo

Extinction risk could decrease by more than 50% if at least 30% of land is conserved across the tropics, reveals a new study.

Autonomous transport

Professor Ed Manley has been awarded a UKRI grant worth over £900,000 on the UK-Canada AI initiative to develop new models of autonomous transport for enhancing mobility in ageing populations.

Freedom of information

New research has identified a clear accountability gap in the current Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation when it comes to outsourced public services.

Secondary forest clearings Amazon

Currently, re-growing forests comprise roughly 21% of previously deforested areas in the Brazilian Amazon.