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Study Highlights the Urgent Need for Robust Policies to Ensure Food Security and Resilience in Africa

The African continent faces a multitude of challenges, and food security is among the most pressing. New research by an international team of researchers sheds light on the challenges and opportunities facing the African continent in securing sufficient food supplies with a particular focus on rice.

21 Jun 2023

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) Joins Consortium Developing New Capabilities for Earth Observation and Climate Information

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has joined a national consortium who are developing new Earth Observation (EO) capabilities, including climate information which will be used to address the climate emergency in the UK.

21 Jun 2023

The Effect of Climate Change on Ecosystems

The evolution of new species is ongoing on a global scale as various biological groups split off and pursue diverse trajectories. What occurs when climate change is included in the equation?

21 Jun 2023

Minimal Impact of Media Coverage on Climate Change Research

The psychological mechanisms known to spur action in both people and groups are not activated by media coverage of scientific developments on climate challenges

21 Jun 2023

How Does Air Pollution Compromise the Human Immune System?

According to recent research published in the European Respiratory Journal, exposure to air pollution resulted in an extra four days in hospital for Covid-19 patients, expanding the burden on healthcare systems.

21 Jun 2023

EthosEnergy Launches Industry First CO2 Assessment Tool for Gas Turbine Rotors

EthosEnergy, which specialises in services and solutions for rotating equipment in the energy and industrial sectors, has launched the industry’s first life cycle assessment (LCA) solution for gas turbine rotors, enabling full visibility of environmental impact and a quantifiable reduction in CO2 emissions.

21 Jun 2023

Quantifying the Influence of Ecological Barriers on Bird Community Shifts

According to recent research, as European birds migrate to cooler regions to avoid rising temperatures, they meet obstacles that slow them down.

20 Jun 2023

Transforming CO2 into Clean, Sustainable Fuel

Scientists have shown how carbon dioxide can be collected from industrial processes—or even directly from the air—and converted into clean, sustainable fuels using just solar energy.

20 Jun 2023

Climate Scientists are Getting Better at Communicating More Clearly, Experts Say

Scientists have long struggled to find the best way to present crucial facts about future sea level rise, but are getting better at communicating more clearly, according to an international group of climate scientists, including a leading Rutgers expert.

20 Jun 2023

UK Health, Climate Policy Ambitions Hampered by Weak Policies and Political Ideologies

Efforts to tackle major issues facing the UK, including the nation's health and climate change, are being hampered because politicians often ignore the existing evidence when setting policies, according to Dame Theresa Marteau, a public health expert at the University of Cambridge.

20 Jun 2023

New £4 m Camera Contract Helps Manage Flood and Coastal Risk

Following a competitive tendering process, Meteor Communications has been awarded a four-year contract by the Environment Agency to significantly expand their estate of low-power remote image collection cameras.

20 Jun 2023

Neil Kermode Honoured with OBE

Orkney-based Neil Kermode has been awarded an OBE for services to renewable energy and to the community in Orkney.

20 Jun 2023

Kuva Space Awarded €5M Commercial Contract to be Sole Provider of Hyperspectral Data Services for the Copernicus Program

Finnish Earth observation company Kuva Space has today been awarded a five-year commercial contract worth €5M to be the world’s sole provider of hyperspectral data services for the European Commission’s Copernicus Contributing Missions (CCM) program.

20 Jun 2023

Researchers: “Sustainable Adaptation” Must Drive Climate Strategy

A special collection of papers in the American Meteorological Society journal Weather, Climate, and Society (WCAS) discusses the vital need for “sustainable adaptation”: strategies for adapting to climate change that do not worsen greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity degradation, or social and economic inequality.

19 Jun 2023

Fresh Wave of EV Chargers Confirmed in Latest Green Push from Trafford Council

Trafford Borough Council has announced its latest sustainability push - installing a wave of cutting-edge EV chargers in partnership with charging network Be.EV.

19 Jun 2023