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£24m from NERC
January 11, 2019
Around £24 million in funding has been allocated under the fourth round of National Environment Research Council highlight topics. The funding will be split between 14 research projects covering climate...
European wheat unprepared for climate change
January 10, 2019
Current breeding programmes and cultivar selection practices of European wheat crops are unprepared for increasingly variable weather conditions, according to new research.Based on thousands of observations of wheat cultivars in...
Melting ice sheets pump out methane
January 9, 2019
The emission of tons of methane from the Greenland Ice Sheet is evidence of a widespread subglacial microbial system, according to an international research team.Using novel sensors, researchers led by...
UN biodiversity targets give false sense of achievement
December 19, 2018
UN biodiversity targets are structured to give a false sense of conservation achievement, according to a new research paper.The scientific team, led by the California Academy of Sciences, found that...
Science weighs in on mystery surrounding catastrophic volcanic eruption
September 18, 2018
One of the biggest volcanic eruptions in recorded history, which is said to have contributed to the downfall of the ancient Minoan civilisation, may have happened later than previously thought,...
First study on influence of microplastics on soil and microbes
September 13, 2018
German scientists have conducted the first investigation into the physical and biological effects of microplastic particles on the soil and its microbes.The research provided the first experimental evidence that microplastics...
CO2 rise after last ice age due to ocean current changes
September 6, 2018
A new study has provided compelling evidence as to how the level of atmospheric CO2 rose significantly as the Earth came out of its last ice age.Long before humans started...
High energy lasers get to the core of a problem
July 31, 2018
Scientists have discovered fresh insights into the metallic core at the centre of our planet.The findings could aid understanding of how the Earth was formed from elements in space, some...
Fishy study links seafood to prevention of Parkinson’s
May 14, 2018
A new study from Sweden suggests the link between consumption of fish and better long-term neurological health could involve the protein Parvalbumin. The protein, found in great quantities in several...
Cheap Mini-satellites revolutionise data collection
April 16, 2018
Earth scientists have suggested that high-resolution data collected by miniaturized satellites heralds a turning point in Earth and environmental sensing from space.The advent of small, specialized satellites called CubeSats are...
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