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The project will help provide improved methods to measure ice thickness and help out local Northern communities Every year in the Canadian Arctic, seawater freezes and grows thick, creating large swaths of sea ice.

Australia's environment experienced above average conditions for the fifth consecutive year in 2025, but climate change continues to inflict "serious and accelerating damage" on marine ecosystems whi

A new ANU survey shows 64 per cent of Australians are concerned about national security.

$9.5 million project combines fieldwork, advanced modeling, AI, and community engagement Just before World Water Day, the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) announces it will l

Dutch greenhouse gas emissions rose again last year, our energy supply needs to become more resilient, and in Overijssel there are already warnings of potential power outages.

DNA Commercial whaling has left the bowhead whale vulnerable for many generations to come. A unique collection of prehistoric bowhead whale bones, dating back 11,000 years, reveals a previously untold story of the relative impacts of humans on nature. The time series of ancient fossils show that commercial hunting of bowhead whales, which spanned 400 years and ceased less than a century ago in 1931, has left irreversible destructive traces in the species' genetics.

An international project has uncovered millions of ancient DNA 'switches' that have been regulating plant genes for up to 300 million years - a discovery that could pave the way for more precise engineering of crop traits.

Warmer temperatures are often expected to make plants start growing earlier; that is what scientists have long assumed.

ETH Zurich has been an official partner of the United Nations since 2023. The first projects from this collaboration show how researchers and students can help the UN solve concrete problems.

Help make UCL's digital estate clearer and more accessible by reviewing, deleting and improving the content you manage - with supporting resources and a free drop-in session available for all staff and students.

Researchers from Trinity recently launched new universal design guidelines to enhance quality of life, sustainability, and resilience in long-term residential care settings for older people in Ireland.

The REMOPTI project aims to develop an innovative decision-making framework for the energy retrofitting of buildings, integrating a holistic approach that goes beyond traditional methods by explicitly managing uncertainty and risk analysis.

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are developing new technology that could lower how much energy data centers need to operate, reducing the strain on the energy grid that Americans rely on.

Today, Carnegie Mellon researchers are directly advancing the next generation of energy innovation by helping to design resilient, transportable microreactors.

The international research campaign COMPEX (Clouds over complex environment) is kicking off with measurement flights over the Arctic and will investigate the properties of clouds over sea ice that cannot be detected by satellites.

Forests in Europe are under pressure from logging, forest fires, storms and pests. Rapid insight into where and when disturbances occur is crucial for sustainable forest management and nature conservation policy.

Dairy's expanding climate footprint The dairy sector is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions and a key focus of climate strategies.

Allergies affect one in four people, but their prevalence could rise to nearly 50% of the population by 2050 if current trends continue.

At Carnegie Mellon researchers are helping cities learn how to make room for too much of a good thing: renewable energy.

The psychological impacts of flooding in Ireland often far outlast the physical damage, according to new research from Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City University and National College of Ireland. The working paper published today by the Climate Change Advisory Council [March 12th] highlights the mental health toll of flooding and practical actions that could reduce it.

Research led by the University of Cambridge and the RSPB shows that farming wetland-adapted crops on wetter peat - known as paludiculture - can support richer and more diverse bird communities than drained grassland.

A large-scale international study spanning 13 EU countries shows that when it comes to climate policy proposals, the decisive factor is not the proor con-camps that are decisive, but a substantial middle group. This middle group responds differently depending on the specific climate policy, and their opinions often determine whether a policy gains majority support In brief   As part of the Horizon Europe project Capable, researchers surveyed around 19'000 people from 13 European countries on 15 specific climate proposals in the summer of 2024.

Six out of 10 older people in England view climate change as a serious risk, with only one in 17 (5.8%) dismissive of climate change concerns, according to a new study led by UCL researchers. The study, published in The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences , looked at survey responses from 6,572 people in England aged 50 and over who were asked to rate their agreement or disagreement with statements about climate change.

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. The study, led by Keele University, in collaboration with The University of Manchester and University of Ottawa, looked at geological evidence from Oman to better understand processes that occur in subduction zones - where one of the Earth's tectonic plates sinks beneath another due to the plates colliding together.

Underground, intricate networks of soil fungi underpin the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems.