The Southern Ocean, key to Earth's environmental system, is threatened by climate change. A new paper in Science by Dr Catarina Frazão Santos, Dr Lisa Wedding, and colleagues, details how climate-smart marine spatial planning can support Antarctic seascapes, with implications for the global ocean and human wellbeing.
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What to read to understand why population changes matter
The Economist lists six books on the under-appreciated science of demography, including Professor Danny Dorlings 'Why demography matters', co-authored with Stuart Gietel-Basten.
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SoGE research in North-west Zambia: DRYCAB Project
Climate change is expected to impose a considerable burden on the southern African region as it is one of two land-based areas of the planet where large-scale drying is projected to occur in future decades. A lot of the early summer drying is expected to result from the late onset of the rains after the six month long dry season. However much of what we know depends entirely on models rather than observations. In an effort to sharpen our understanding, a team from Oxford joined up with the Zambian Met Department from August to November 2022 to compile a comprehensive dataset on the onset of the rainy season as part of the NERC funded DRYCAB project.
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Dr Alice Watson and BBC release 13 new episodes of 'Tales from Call the Midwife'
To mark the anniversary of the first BBC radio broadcast, the remaining 13 episodes of the 'Tales from Call the Midwife' podcast have been released today.
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Is the future of transport electric?
Focusing solely on electric vehicles and technology is actually slowing down the path to zero emissions. Christian Brand, Associate Professor in Transport, Energy and Environment and chapter contributor to Greta Thunberg's new 'The Climate Book' explains how we meet Paris-compliant decarbonisation targets for the transport sector.
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SoGE unveils scholarships for students from Black and other ethnic minority backgrounds
The University of Oxford's School of Geography and the Environment is delighted to launch two new scholarships aimed at UK postgraduate applicants from Black and other ethnic minority backgrounds.
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Private jet startups want you to believe they're climate friendly
A new generation of private jet startups are keen to boost their environmental credentials, writes Freya Pratty for an article in Sifted. Includes expert comment by Prof Tim Schwanen.
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Lucas Lyko Named RGS Social and Cultural Geography Research Group Undergraduate Dissertation Prize Runner-Up
The Royal Geographical Society's Social and Cultural Geography Research Group has named Lucas Lyko as the runner-up of the 2022 undergraduate dissertation prize for his dissertation: '"I don't have the luxury of being able to do nothing": Exploring Temporalities and Navigations of Everyday Mobility Through the Experiences of People with Multiple Sclerosis.'
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Oxford researcher launches ‘Tales from Call the Midwife’ podcast with the BBC
Dr Alice Watson, a researcher in the School of Geography at the University of Oxford, has today launched a new podcast with the BBC called 'Tales from Call the Midwife'. This exciting new podcast is part of a project, funded by the Arts and Research Council, which has engaged the public in research about the BBC for its centenary.
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Eliza Norris Awarded Royal Geographical Society's Political Geography Research Group Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2020
School of Geography and the Environment undergraduate student Eliza Norris (Keble College) has been awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Political Geography Research Group Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2020 for her work on subterranean hospitals in the Middle East.
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Baichuan Liu wins the RGS Political Geography Research Group Undergraduate Dissertation Prize
The Royal Geographical Society's Political Geography Research Group has named Baichuan Liu as the winner of the 2022 undergraduate dissertation prize for his dissertation: 'To Make Live Yet Let Die: Biopolitics on the Practices of Targeted Poverty Alleviation in China.'
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