Articles tagged with 'earth-science' | University of ԰

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2026
19
May
2026
| 10:49 Europe/London
New research by a collaboration of UK‑based scientists has revealed that common indoor and outdoor air pollutants can alter both brain and respiratory function within just four hours of exposure, offering key insights into how air pollution impacts
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15
May
2026
| 17:13 Europe/London
Researchers have uncovered how major geological faults can simultaneously channel magma towards the surface and prevent volcanic eruptions, offering fresh insight into how eruptions begin, and why some never happen.
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14
May
2026
| 10:00 Europe/London
An international team of scientists has discovered that methane hydrates beneath the northwest Greenland continental shelf became rapidly destabilised by meltwater, releasing large stores of methane during ice-sheet retreat across the continental
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20
April
2026
| 13:53 Europe/London
Researchers at The University of ԰ have shown that microbial communities from terrestrial hot springs could be harnessed to convert industrial CO2 emissions into useful products, offering new routes towards a circular, low-carbon
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08
April
2026
| 14:00 Europe/London
Scientists at The University of ԰ have developed a new way to measure how traffic contributes to rising urban temperatures, revealing that everyday vehicle use can play a measurable role in making cities warmer.
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10
March
2026
| 11:37 Europe/London
Researchers have shed new light on how a unusual rock formation in Oman was created, which could reveal new details about the Earth’s ability to store carbon dioxide (CO2) for millions of years.
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12
February
2026
| 15:13 Europe/London
Founded in 2007, the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science UK and Ireland Young Talent programme recognises ten – five winners and five highly commended – outstanding early-career scientists in the fields of engineering, life sciences, mathematics and
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02
February
2026
| 20:00 Europe/London
Removing sheep and other livestock entirely from upland grasslands – a strategy often promoted as a way to boost carbon storage and tackle climate change – may actually reduce the most stable forms of soil carbon, according to new research.
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28
January
2026
| 00:05 Europe/London
Scientists analysing 443-million-year-old Scottish fossils have uncovered early evidence that some of the first groups of vertebrates possessed surprisingly advanced eyes and traces of bone, reshaping our understanding of how the vertebrate body
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22
January
2026
| 16:00 Europe/London
Scientists studying the fossil remains of giant prehistoric kangaroos have found that even animals weighing more than 200kg may not have been too big to bounce, overturning long-held assumptions about the limits of hopping.
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2025
16
December
2025
| 13:23 Europe/London
The University of ԰ has played a central role in helping Rolls-Royce double the durability of some components in its jet engines operating in the Middle East.
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01
December
2025
| 14:52 Europe/London
On the western flanks of Mount Kenya lies the Laikipia plateau, an achingly beautiful landscape that is both a refuge for wildlife and a home to traditional Masai communities. Black rhinos, which were once nearly extinct, are now thriving on some of
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13
November
2025
| 15:45 Europe/London
A sleepy koala may seem worlds apart from a giant Ice Age predator, but scientists have uncovered the first molecular evidence linking the two.
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12
November
2025
| 14:00 Europe/London
Scientists have developed a new way to represent the world’s cities in global climate and Earth system models (GCM & ESMs), offering a more accurate picture of how urban areas are being affected by – and contributing to – climate change.
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10
October
2025
| 01:00 Europe/London
A near-complete skeleton found on UK’s Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new and rare species of ichthyosaur - a type of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the ancient oceans.
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09
October
2025
| 15:42 Europe/London
A new study led by researchers from the University of Tasmania, in collaboration with international partners including The University of ԰, has found that the environmental footprint of aquaculture feeds is influenced more by where
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23
September
2025
| 14:14 Europe/London
The ԰ Environmental Research Institute (MERI) at The University of ԰ has launched a new four-year programme that will transform how irrigation is monitored across Sub-Saharan Africa, boosting food security and climate resilience in
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05
September
2025
| 08:20 Europe/London
Scientists at The University of ԰ are calling for the creation of a global network of air monitoring stations to track the movement of airborne plastic pollution, which may be travelling further and faster around the planet than previously
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22
August
2025
| 15:49 Europe/London
New analyses of the samples taken from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx have revealed new insights into its origin – and The University of ԰’s scientists have played a key role.
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13
August
2025
| 19:00 Europe/London
Scientists have uncovered a hidden pattern in birdsong that mirrors a core rule of human language.
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16
July
2025
| 16:00 Europe/London
A new study has uncovered evidence that a giant marine reptile from the Early Jurassic period used stealth to hunt its prey in deep or dark waters – much like owls on land today.
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04
July
2025
| 10:36 Europe/London
Scientists have discovered hundreds of giant sand bodies beneath the North Sea that appear to defy fundamental geological principles and could have important implications for energy and carbon storage.
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06
June
2025
| 09:17 Europe/London
New research has revealed that construction activity is now a dominant source of black carbon emissions in central London.
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05
June
2025
| 10:00 Europe/London
Scientists have uncovered new evidence to suggest that Earth is leaking gases from deep inside its mantle - even in regions without any volcanic activity.
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16
May
2025
| 12:14 Europe/London
As the effects of climate change grow more severe, a team of leading scientists is launching a groundbreaking research project to investigate whether climate cooling solutions such as marine cloud and sky brightening could help prevent the worst
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15
May
2025
| 13:40 Europe/London
A new research project led by scientists at The University of ԰ in collaboration with global energy company Equinor ASA will unlock crucial insights into how microbes in deep underground storage sites could impact the success of carbon
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06
May
2025
| 09:00 Europe/London
Results from a long-term field experiment shed new light on how grasslands can be restored for nature, the environment, and for farmers.
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04
April
2025
| 08:00 Europe/London
Fast-moving underwater avalanches, known as turbidity currents, are responsible for transporting vast quantities of microplastics into the deep sea, according to new research published today.
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02
April
2025
| 18:00 Europe/London
Estimates of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from volcanoes may have been significantly underestimated, according to new research by The University of ԰.
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11
February
2025
| 16:14 Europe/London
A new atmospheric monitoring station has been established at The University of ԰’s Jodrell Bank Observatory to improve the accuracy of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions estimates.
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