Crayfish and carp among the invasive species pushing lakes towards ecosystem collapse

Certain invasive, non-native species can disrupt lakes to the point of rapid ecosystem collapse, contaminating water for drinking, aquaculture and recreation,

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Oct. 7, 2021 ~3 min

Cambridge-led team developing a simulator to help reach net zero flight

The University of Cambridge has announced the launch of the Aviation Impact Accelerator (AIA) – an international group of experts in aerospace, economics,

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Aug. 25, 2021 ~4 min


Scientists set out immediate actions and future research priorities to help UK to reach net zero target

A new paper by leading UK scientists sets out key solutions and policy actions that should be implemented now, as well as priority research areas for the next

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Aug. 25, 2021 ~5 min

Integrated conservation strategies could simultaneously meet biodiversity, climate, and water objectives

Managing a strategically chosen 30% of land for conservation could safeguard 70% of all terrestrial plant and vertebrate animal species, while simultaneously

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Aug. 23, 2021 ~4 min

Blushing plants reveal when fungi are growing in their roots

Scientists have created plants whose cells and tissues ‘blush’ with beetroot pigments when they are colonised by fungi that help them take up nutrients from

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July 23, 2021 ~5 min

‘Vegan spider silk’ provides sustainable alternative to single-use plastics

Researchers have created a plant-based, sustainable, scalable material that could replace single-use plastics in many consumer products.

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June 10, 2021 ~7 min

Nature has enormous potential to fight climate change and biodiversity loss in the UK - report

A report launched today by the British Ecological Society, with contributions from the University of Cambridge, offers the first complete assessment of the

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May 12, 2021 ~5 min

Conservationists may be unintentionally spreading pathogens between threatened animal populations

Moving endangered species to new locations is often used as part of species conservation strategies, and can help to restore degraded ecosystems. But

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April 12, 2021 ~4 min


Lakes on Greenland Ice Sheet can drain huge amounts of water, even in winter

Using satellite data to ‘see in the dark’, researchers have shown for the first time that lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet drain during winter, a finding with

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April 1, 2021 ~6 min

Forests' long-term capacity to store carbon is dropping in regions with extreme annual fires

Researchers have analysed decades’ worth of data on the impact of repeated fires on ecosystems across the world. Their results, published today in the journal

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Feb. 25, 2021 ~4 min

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