Policymakers must recognise global economic risks posed by ecosystem ‘tipping points’
The collapse of key ecosystems would severely harm the global economy, researchers have warned. Researchers from UCL’s Institute for Innovation...
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Exeter named champion for women in Economics
The University of Exeter Business School is supporting a Royal Economic Society initiative to champion the careers of women in...
Gene drive mosquitoes designed to eliminate malaria – but governance is complex, new film shows
A radical new biotechnology could eliminate the mosquitoes that cause malaria, but in Uganda – where malaria is the leading...
New economic thinking maps route to low-carbon future
A switch to “dynamic” economic thinking could drive a more cost-effective transition to a low-carbon economy, and help tackle the...
English language a decisive factor in global research performance
Universities in regions where the local language diverges from English face greater hurdles publishing their research in top journals, a...
“Unjustifiable environmental risk” leads to calls for worldwide moratorium on deep seabed mining
Scientists have called for a blanket worldwide moratorium on deep seabed mining – insisting the controversial emerging industry currently poses...
New project explores warfare in animal societies
A major new research project will investigate how and why groups of animals from the same species fight one another....
Cloud engineering could be more effective ‘painkiller’ for global warming than previously thought
Cloud “engineering” could be more effective for climate cooling than previously thought – because of the increased cloud cover produced,...
Deep parts of Great Barrier Reef ‘insulated’ from global warming – for now
Some deeper areas of the Great Barrier Reef are insulated from harmful heatwaves – but that protection will be lost...