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A just climate future for Jim and beyond
Professor Lucie Middlemiss and Professor Carolyn Snell write about the importance of just climate futures as part of the launch of their collaborative new book.
The Soviet Union’s secret tsunami
This July, one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded struck off the Kamchatka peninsula, in Russia’s far east. This wasn’t the first time a huge tsunami had hit Kamchatka, writes Patrick Sharrocks.
Why the government should prioritise e-bike incentives
Subsidising e-bikes instead of cars could kick the electric vehicle transition into high gear, writes Dr Noel Cass in The Conversation.
Researchers share data expertise with local guests
On Friday 11th July, we welcomed delegates from local government, industry, healthcare and academia to showcase some of the data tools we have developed in the School of Food Science and Nutrition.
World’s largest tropical peatlands revealed to be more than 40,000 years old
A peatland complex in the Congo Basin which is known to be a globally important carbon store is twice as old as previously thought, according to a new scientific study.