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Designing parks to help women feel safe
As International Women’s Day (IWD) 2023 urges people to #EmbraceEquity, we focus on how researchers at the University have published work on how to make women and girls feel safe in public parks.
Mineral dust and Earth's oxygen levels
Mineral dust played a key role in raising oxygen levels in the Earth’s atmosphere billions of years ago, with major implications for the way intelligent life later evolved, say researchers.
Reduced rainfall in tropics linked to deforestation
Deforestation is resulting in reduced rainfall across large parts of the tropics, according to new research.
Accuracy at risk as governments reject specialist mapping tools
Governments are not using the latest mapping technology to report key environmental data about tropical forests to the UN, say researchers.
Rethink rail investment to slash transport emissions, thinktank urges
Professor Greg Marsden is referenced in this New Civil Engineer article.