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Forests through time: what can ancient trees tell us about ecosystem restoration?

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.

23 Apr 2025

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.

15 Apr 2025

‘Cross-border commuters’: the women who risk the dangerous crossing between Venezuela and Colombia each day

In The Conversation, Valentina Montoya Robledo from the Transport Studies Unit highlights the challenges of women who cross the Colombia-Venezuela border every day to work.

14 Apr 2025

Cooling: hidden threat for climate change and sustainable goals

Growing international demand for cooling has the potential to drive one of the most substantial increases in greenhouse gas emissions in recent history. A new study, led by Radhika Khosla and the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Cooling, and published in Nature Sustainability, sets out a new framework for delivering sustainable cooling. It also examines cooling needs in the context of sustainable development, and finds that this is a global blind spot.

16 Nov 2020

IN THE MEDIA

Eleanor Pendle wins the 2020 RGS-IBG Social and Cultural Geography Research Group Dissertation Prize for research on urban planning strategies

Undergraduate student Eleanor Pendle (Brasenose College) has been awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Social and Cultural Geography Research Group Undergraduate Dissertation Prize for research she conducted on the superblock in Poblenou, Barcelona.

16 Nov 2020

NEWS

Investors Gauge Future Climate Risks With Satellite Imaging

Asset managers are analyzing pictures and data taken from outer space to predict the physical impacts of global warming, writes Bloomberg Green. The article explores pioneering work by Smith School partner Lombard Odier to use geospatial data in risk analysis. It also explores new research from the Spatial Finance Initiative at the Smith School, led by Ben Caldecott.

16 Nov 2020

IN THE MEDIA

Shift to net-zero buildings is not only cheap now, but viable too: India finds solutions

The Times of India covers new research from Radhika Khosla and international partners across North America, Europe and Asia, finding that cheap technology and sufficient skills already exist worldwide to achieve net-zero energy buildings at costs in the range of traditional projects. The article explores net-zero solutions and the implications of the study in Delhi.

16 Nov 2020

IN THE MEDIA

The World Needs to Ramp Up Solutions for Greener Cooling

'A proliferation in traditional air conditioning meant to protect people from intense heat could also exacerbate global warming,' writes Scientific American. This in-depth article explores cutting-edge research from Radhika Khosla and colleagues at Oxford's Future of Cooling Programme as they explore sustainable cooling and reveal its impacts on each of the sustainable development goals.

16 Nov 2020

IN THE MEDIA

30 Under 30: Environmental Leaders

Sam Loni, MSc student in the School of Geography and the Environment, was recently selected by The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) for its fifth class of 30 leaders under the age of 30. Sam combines research and advocacy to support educators in preparing students for the challenges of the 21st century and empowering them to shape sustainable communities. He is studying for an MSc in Environmental Change and Management and an MBA at the Said Business School.

10 Nov 2020

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