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The effects of air pollution on pollinators

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31 May 2023

Declines in pollinator abundance and diversity over the last century are currently considered to have been the result of a range of interacting stressors, such as agricultural intensification and climate…Read More >

The effects of air pollution on pollinators

Drought recedes in Britain after a wet spring – but much of Europe is parched

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26 May 202325 May 2023

Be careful what you wish for. Britain’s seesaw rainfall patterns that began last winter have continued, with an on-off pattern of dry and then wet months for many areas. In the south…Read More >

Drought recedes in Britain after a wet spring – but much of Europe is parched

Upward global trends in the rapid intensification of tropical cyclones

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14 April 20234 April 2023

Rapid intensification can transform moderate tropical cyclones into major hurricanes in a single day – but is this due to human activity?

Upward global trends in the rapid intensification of tropical cyclones

Earth Day 2023 – call for poems

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22 March 202322 March 2023

To celebrate Earth Day on 22 April 2023, we are inviting staff to share their own poems on the theme of ‘re-imagining our world’ and climate research at the University.

Earth Day 2023 – call for poems

Win. Don’t Bin: WRAP’s Food Waste Action Week

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9 March 20239 March 2023

If food waste were a country, estimates are that it would have the third highest greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions after China and the US. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 12.3…Read More >

Win. Don’t Bin: WRAP’s Food Waste Action Week

Securing action for biodiversity at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity – COP15

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14 December 20222 February 2023

Philippa Oppenheimer is a first year PhD student on the Scenario NERC Doctoral Training Partnership based at the Institute of Zoology, ZSL, partnered with the University of Reading. Her research…Read More >

Securing action for biodiversity at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity – COP15

Changing the way transatlantic flights are routed to reduce carbon emissions

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7 December 20222 February 2023

On International Civil Aviation Day it is only right that we consider how we can make commercial flights more sustainable. If the aviation industry was a country, its carbon dioxide…Read More >

Changing the way transatlantic flights are routed to reduce carbon emissions

Zero Budget Natural Farming: a low-cost farming system that could achieve similar yields to organic and conventional techniques

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5 December 20222 February 2023

In response to rising challenges for farmers in India, the Government of Andhra Pradesh a state in southeast India, have been encouraging farmers to adopt Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF)…Read More >

Zero Budget Natural Farming: a low-cost farming system that could achieve similar yields to organic and conventional techniques

Africa has vast gas reserves – here’s how to stop them adding to climate change

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22 November 20222 February 2023

The question of whether Africa should be allowed to exploit its gas reserves, estimated at more than 17.56 trillion cubic meters (620 trillion cubic feet) in 2021, has been much discussed at…Read More >

Africa has vast gas reserves – here’s how to stop them adding to climate change

Eating lots of meat is bad for the environment – but we don’t know enough about how consumption is changing

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3 November 20227 February 2023

Responsible for roughly a third of the UK’s diet-related carbon emissions, the consumption and production of meat is a substantial contributor to climate change. A report commissioned by the government last year…Read More >

Eating lots of meat is bad for the environment – but we don’t know enough about how consumption is changing

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