Lights on fishing nets can protect sea turtles
Lights on fishing nets could help save the Mediterranean’s threatened sea turtles, new research shows. Every year an estimated 40,000...
Alex Morrison
Could you be part of the new Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Climate Commission?
A new Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Climate Commission is seeking applications to join as its first Commissioners. The independent...
Simple steps can cut snakebite deaths
Scientists have called for simple, effective steps to cut the number of people bitten by venomous snakes. About 140,000 people...
Butterflies could lose spots as climate warms
Female Meadow Brown butterflies have fewer spots if they develop in warmer weather – so climate change could make them...
£2.66 million for new training centre to boost health of UK rivers and lakes
A new doctoral training centre designed to improve the health of the UK’s rivers and lakes is to open following...
Exeter research in Carbon Brief’s top media papers of 2023
Research from the University of Exeter features in Carbon Brief’s list of climate papers “most featured in the media” in...
Migrants can be ‘transformative force’ for sustainable development
Well-managed migration can enable migrants to boost sustainable development, research shows. Sustainable development means enhancing wellbeing in ways that equitably...
MBE for Exeter climate scientist
An Exeter researcher has been appointed MBE in the New Year Honours List. Professor Peter Stott, of the University of...
Positive tipping points must be triggered to solve climate crisis
Positive tipping points must be triggered if we are to avoid the severe consequences of damaging Earth system tipping points,...