CUHK-led breakthrough rewrites evolutionary biology to pave way for pollution-neutral agriculture
Discovery published in PNAS reveals free-living soil bacteria’s nitrogen-fixing mechanism, offering eco-friendly biofertiliser alternative for global …
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Low-Level Cloud Loss Amplifies Global Warming
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Cambridge seeks behaviour change expert to tackle climate crisis as first Hatton Professor of Sustainability
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The Great Barrier Reef is changing. Why isn’t it on UNESCO’s ‘in danger’ list?
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Bridging the gap between people and nature: the need for biocultural approaches to restoration
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The world’s oceans are the hottest on record for June – and El Niño is set to turn up the heat even more
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Four Exeter climate researchers in Carbon Brief top 100
Four University of Exeter researchers have been named in the top 100 in a new Carbon Brief ranking of the world’s most highly cited climate scientists…