Dr Linda Speight featured on Radio 4's You and Yours, discussing flood risk decision-making. Listen from 29:53 or full segment from 22:53.
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Rewilding the Arctic could stop permafrost thaw and reduce climate change risks
A new paper from the School of Geography and the Environment, and the Environmental Change Institute, suggests that wide-scale introduction of large herbivores to the Arctic tundra could be an economically viable way of restoring the 'mammoth steppe' grassland ecosystem and mitigating global warming.
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Finding the Heads: Oxford's mystery statues
Central Oxford is guarded by statues of 17 unknown figures. What is the history behind the mysterious Oxford heads, scattered across the city? Professor Heather Viles and Dr Katrin Wilhelm explore who they are and how they came to be here, in this short video.
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Apocalypse Cow: How Meat Killed the Planet
In a provocative new Channel 4 documentary, George Monbiot argues that the biggest problem driving us towards global disaster is how we feed ourselves. Yadvinder Malhi joins George to talk about the importance of trees - and reminds viewers that Britain is one of the most deforested landscapes on Earth.
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Clever vlogs open Oxford to minorities
Second year geography undergraduate Tony Farag is contributing author in The Sunday Times’ piece on how student vloggers are playing an important role in Oxbridge access campaigns. He pitched, researched and worked on the article, which explores the positive impact that youtubers are having on diversity at Oxbridge, whilst working on the news desk for two weeks over the Christmas break.
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The UN climate talks ended in deadlock. Is this really the best the world can manage?
Opinion piece in the Guardian on the disappointing outcome of COP25 from journalist Aruna Chandrasekhar, currently on the MSc in Environmental Change Management. "But dysfunctional as they are, COPs are perhaps the only international legal forum that are partly open to observers to witness geopolitics and global call-out culture first-hand. And it's those witnesses - all of us - who must apply the pressure," writes Aruna.
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