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.
As nature climbs up the political agenda, how can researchers better engage with policy on biodiversity?
Researchers from the University of Oxford's School of Geography and the Environment, Jasper Montana, Rosaria, Trisha Gopalakrishna and E. A. Welden, explore how academics can help inform policy on biodiversity following a series of three seminars and a workshop in early Summer 2021, which brought together academics from across the Oxford Biodiversity Network to share their experience working with policymakers.
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Seeing the city digitally: Prof Gillian Rose delivers flagship lecture for The British Academy
Gillian Rose, Professor of Human Geography and Head of the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford, has delivered a flagship lecture for The British Academy.
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Earth will hit 1.5°C climate limit within 20 years, says IPCC report
Scientists from across the world including ECI Associate Director Friederike Otto contributed to the IPCC's sixth assessment report, released today. The findings have been described as the starkest warning yet, with earth likely to hit the 'critical threshold' of 1.5 degrees warming within twenty years without decisive action. By 2100, in a worse case scenario, the earth would have warmed by 4.4 degrees and the consequences for life on earth would be devastating. In a best-case scenario, sustained action would see net zero achieved and warming limited to 1.4 degrees by 2100. Dr Otto was a leading author of the report.
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No evidence in claims climate change is fuelling East African migration, warns Oxford study
No link currently exists proving climate change is driving migration out of East Africa, despite a widespread acceptance that human mobility is a key impact of climate change, according to research today from a multi-disciplinary Oxford University team, which maintains the factors driving migration are complex.
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Emmanuel Opoku awarded COVID-19 African Innovation Seed Fund grant
Emmanuel Opoku, a masters student at the School of Geography and the Environment, has been awarded a £1,000 grant from the Vice Chancellor's COVID-19 African Innovation Seed Fund for entrepreneurial projects aimed at addressing global challenges stemming from the pandemic.
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Clean water is not just a health issue: it is critical for education
Billions will still be without safe water and sanitation even in 2030, writes Professor Rob Hope, Director, Water Security Initiative, Oxford's School of Geography and the Environment.
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Epicentre of major Amazon droughts and fires saw 2.5 billion trees and vines killed
A major drought and forest fires in the Amazon rainforest killed billions of trees and plants and turned one of the world's largest carbon sinks into one of its biggest polluters. Examining the Amazonian epicentre of the El Niño - Brazil's Lower Tapajós, an eastern Amazonia area around twice the size of Belgium - the research team, led by scientists from Lancaster University, the Environmental Change Insitute, University of Oxford, and The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation found the damage lasts for multiple years.
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Meet Pete Archer, IT Systems and Support Officer
Pete is our Systems and Support Officer. He provides technical support and assistance as part of the School's IT team.
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Lauren Neville is the University's Sustainability Photographer of the Year
Congratulations to Lauren Neville, DPhil Candidate in Geography and the Environment, whose winning picture, 'A Sweet Future' has won the University's Sustainability Photographer of the Year 2021 competition.
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Vance Tan wins Oxford SU Impact Award
Vance Tan Zong Hao, a Bruneian doctoral student at the School of Geography and the Environment, was awarded the prestigious Impact Award from Oxford University Student Union (Oxford SU) on 20th June.
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