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Left to right, Historian Dr Gabriel Kruell, Astronomer Professor Sergio Mendoza, Physicist Dr Oliver López-Corona from UNAM and ecologist Professor Jon Lovett by the Sun Stone in the Museo Nacional de Antropologia.

International collaboration explores sacred socio-ecological systems

A new interdisciplinary collaboration is taking shape between the School of Geography and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

Community members celebrating potato diversity through Papa Watay, the tying of the potato spirit ceremony. Photograph: Phuyu Wayra © Roots Peru

Exploring Indigenous bioculture in Peru

Researcher Sarah Oakes writes about her interdisciplinary, participatory research investigating sociocultural potato knowledge among Quechua farmers in the Peruvian Andes.

Person stands on steep brown hill against blue sky

New fossils reveal climate tipping point in most famous mass extinction

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged global warming which followed, according to new research.

Research reveals increasing surface meltwater in East Antarctica

Research conducted at the University of Leeds has helped to uncover a trend of increasing surface meltwater in East Antarctica, raising questions about future ice sheet behaviour.

Four split screens all showing the same urban road lined with trees and parked cars. Each are overlayed with different weather and titled: original; snowy; rainy; foggy.

New technology simulates adverse weather

PhD researcher Chenghao Qian has developed WeatherEdit, which builds on real-world simulations to help researchers understand the effects of harsh weather conditions.