How have plants adapted over centuries or millennia to survive and recover from human interference? David Moreno-Mateos and his team are analysing tree species in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest to find out, and to help inform and improve future restoration practice.
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Why ‘de-extinct’ dire wolves are a Trojan horse to hide humanity’s destruction of nature
In a thought-provoking feature for The Conversation, Dr Rich Grenyer, Associate Professor in Biodiversity and Biogeography, examines the ethical and ecological concerns surrounding de-extinction, arguing that the allure of reviving species like dire wolves risks diverting attention from the ongoing human-driven destruction of the natural world.
Expert Comment: Let's bring the city centres back to the people
Public authorities must experiment as they establish clean air/low emissions zones in city centres - along with studying the data. Evidence should be at the heart of climate-friendly policies, but there is real risk that political demands for 'perfect evidence' could actually undermine both attempts to improve air quality and the potential for transformative change.
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CO2 removal is essential, along with emissions' cuts, to limit global warming - report
Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) from the atmosphere is crucial to limit global warming, in addition to rapid cuts to emissions - that is the stark conclusion of today's first Oxford-led State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report. More than 20 global CDR experts, led by Dr Steve Smith, from the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, came together to deliver the blunt findings.
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What's next for the anti-Nato left after Ukraine?
When Russian troops invaded Ukraine in February 2022, much of the political left across the western world were faced with a dilemma. In an article for The Conversation, Dr Ian Klinke explores the unpalatable choice facing the anti-Nato left: either to back a state propped up by Nato or to end up excusing a war of aggression.
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Climate goals can be achieved at affordable cost, if fossil fuel producers pay for carbon clear up - Oxford-led study
Climate change could be constrained by implementation of policies to ensure fossil fuel producers pay for carbon clear-up, or capture, according to new Oxford-led research, published today in Environmental Research Letters.
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International trade and world economies exposed to multi-billion-dollar climate risk to ports - Oxford study
Nearly nine in ten major ports globally are exposed to damaging climate hazards, resulting in escalating economic impacts on global trade, according to new research from the University of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute (ECI).
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Oxford University to co-lead £8m Energy Demand Observatory and Laboratory to help UK reach net-zero
The University of Oxford, alongside University College London (UCL), is to lead on an £8.7m research project to establish an Energy Demand Observatory and Laboratory (EDOL) in the UK. The five-year programme, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC, part of UK Research and Innovation) and working with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), will establish a national energy data platform to help facilitate the transition to net-zero carbon emissions.
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Forests recovering from logging still act as a source of carbon
Tropical forests recovering from logging are sources of carbon for decades afterwards, contrary to previous assumptions, finds a new study.
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Compound extreme heat and drought will hit 90% of world population – Oxford study
More than 90% of the world’s population is projected to face increased risks from the compound impacts of extreme heat and drought, potentially widening social inequalities as well as undermining the natural world’s ability to reduce CO2 emissions in the atmosphere - according to a study from Oxford’s School of Geography.
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Oxford climate research excellence recognised by renewed Met Office partnership
The University of Oxford has been selected to help deliver the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) for a further three years, as part of a multi-institutional agreement supporting cutting-edge research in the science of weather and climate prediction.
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