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.
Marina Ovsyannikova risked jail by opposing Putin on TV. Here's why we fear for her
Prof Judith Pallot, Emeritus Professor, examines the Russian penal system and the possible consequences for Marina Ovsyannikova who risked jail by opposing Putin on TV, in an opinion piece for The Guardian.
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New book examines digital experiences of urban change
Professor in Human Geography and SoGE's Head of School, Gillian Rose, has co-authored a new book, The New Urban Aesthetic, alongside Mónica Montserrat Degen, Reader in Cultural Sociology at Brunel University.
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SoGE community supports International Women's Day
The School of Geography and the Environment (SoGE) community has today (8 March) come together to mark International Women's Day. Individuals from across the department have demonstrated their support for this year's #BreakTheBias campaign by striking the break the bias pose and commenting on why it is vital we tackle gender bias.
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Large mammals can help climate change mitigation and adaptation
A new study investigates whether protecting and restoring large animal wildlife can help to support climate change goals.
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Too many words, too little action: climate justice is essential to limit climate change - IPCC chapter author
Dr Lisa Schipper, co-ordinating lead chapter author for the IPCC sixth assessment report and Oxford environmental research fellow, provides her expert opinion on the IPCC sixth assessment report published yesterday (28 February) and why climate justice is essential to limit climate change.
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With a little help from... our alumni
SoGE alumni are stepping up to support our current students. In Hilary term, a series of Careers Events brought our current students together with the School's alumni for advice, inspiration and plenty of networking - online and in person.
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Prof Simon Dadson discusses storms and flood risk on the BBC Today programme
Professor Simon Dadson, Professor of Hydrology, gives his expert opinion about the recent storms and impact on flood risks on the BBC Today programme (starts at 2:35:18).
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UNEP: Number of Wildfires to Rise by 50 per cent by 2100
Climate change and land-use change are projected to make wildfires more frequent and intense, with a global increase of extreme fires of up to 14 per cent by 2030, 30 per cent by the end of 2050 and 50 per cent by the end of the century. This is according to a new report, released ahead of the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal, for which the ECI's Dr Imma Oliveras is a contributing author.
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Towards a more resilient London food system
Embedding food resilience in agendas such as climate, planning and health as well as addressing the overlap between income and food access could help London's complex and fragile food system better meet the needs of its growing population. In a new report, food system researchers at the ECI have brought together diverse perspectives to create a set of high-level and specific recommendations to increase the resilience of a complex, dynamic, diverse and potentially fragile food system, in which 99% of the food consumed is imported from outside the capital.
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Fossil fuel industry can't rely on carbon capture and bioenergy to save its assets
Fossil fuel power sources producing the equivalent of ten times the global electricity production in 2018 will become unusable if global heating is to be kept below degrees, even if carbon-abatement technologies such as carbon capture and storage, bioenergy, and coal-to-gas conversions are deployed at scale, new research published in Nature Communications has revealed.
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