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"When researching animal intelligence, we still think too much from the human point of view," argues philosopher Bas van Woerkum-Rooker.

A stretch of river into which treated wastewater has been discharged emits five times more methane than a stretch of river without that wastewater.

"When researching animal intelligence, we still think too much from the human point of view," argues philosopher Bas van Woerkum-Rooker.

Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Published: Many people are currently preparing their gardens for winter: according to the gARTENreich project, there are 16.6 million private gardens in Germany.

Mobile phones could be the key to a cheaper and more reliable way of tracking animals for ecology and conservation research, according to a new study from The Australian National University (ANU).

NASA's EMIT collected this hyperspectral image of the Amazon River in northern Brazil on June 30 as part of an effort to map global ecosystem biodiversity.

Tucked away in the dramatic Highland landscape of Glencoe lies a treasure trove of untold stories, hidden for centuries beneath the earth.

Coastal locations, such as Drakes Bay on the Point Reyes peninsula in Northern California, are increasingly vulnerable to sea level rise.

But what role do these systems play in the transport transition' Our SFOE research project POTEBS is investigating their sustainability and integration into multimodal mobility.

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Study reveals Olympic Winter Games' climate crisis. Research led by the University of Waterloo has found new critical insights into how climate change threatens the future viability of hosting the Olympic Winter and Paralympic Games (OWG and PWG).

The world's snow and ice regions are at risk of irreversible loss and damage. The warning was made in a new report from an international team of more than 50 leading cryosphere scientists, including Professor Chris Stokes in our Department of Geography.

Study: Policy brief: sustainable agriculture impacts in urban settings make the case for federal investments (DOI: 10.5304/jafscd.

Johns Hopkins expert Scot Miller discusses a new analysis challenging assumptions about the drivers of spiraling global methane levels Scot Miller is an assistant professor in Johns Hopkins Universit

Climate governance is dominated by men, yet the health impacts of the climate crisis often affect women, girls, and gender-diverse people disproportionately, argue researchers ahead of the upcoming 29th United Nations Climate Summit (COP29) in Azerbaijan.

World climate conference: Prof. Lisa Schipper from the University of Bonn urges fairness in the journal "Science" The UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku (Azerbaijan) from November 11 to 22, 2024 will also address the sensitive issue of financing adaptation strategies.

A new study on techno-economic outlooks for zero-emission heavy-duty trucking underscores the need for cross-sector collaboration.

A team led by scientists at the University of Washington and the University of Aberdeen attached tiny "backpack" trackers to hummingbirds in the Colombian Andes to learn more about their movements.

Showing the way to decarbonization of energy-intensive industries with digital tools The Thuringian joint projects ZO.RRO II KMU & ZO.RRO 2 for Glass Industry are working on innovative

Tree planting has been widely touted as a cost-effective way of reducing global warming, due to trees' ability to store large quantities of carbon from the atmosphere. But, writing in the journal Nature Geoscience , an international group of scientists, including from the University of Cambridge,  argue that tree planting at high latitudes will accelerate, rather than decelerate, global warming.

After years of rapid growth, sustainable funds are currently facing headwinds. Not so in Switzerland, where retail banks in particular are focusing on green products.

Smarter use of processor speeds saves energy without compromising training speed and performance Study: Reducing energy bloat in large model training (DOI: 10.