Extreme El Niño weather saw South America’s forest carbon sink switch off
Tropical forests in South America lose their ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere when conditions become exceptionally hot and...
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£4.6million backing for GW4 Alliance-led project to retrofit UK homes into energy efficient and low-carbon housing units
Researchers from the University of Exeter are part of a GW4 Alliance-led project in partnership with industry experts, community groups...
Rising seas will devastate coastal habitats
Research published today in Nature warns that rising seas will devastate coastal habitats. The study uses evidence that dates back...
Alumnus shares career reflections one year since graduating
Alumnus Ed Newitt (Applied Geology, 2022) is an Exploration Geologist and since graduating has adventured to Australia to help Chalice Mining Ltd...
British Science Festival exhibition aims to ‘demystify’ environmental intelligence through art
Exeter academics will fuse science with art for a two-day exhibition during next month’s British Science Festival. Entitled ‘Inhale, Exhale: Environmental...
Pioneering new designs for net-zero fishing vessels
A new report from Fisheries Innovation & Sustainability (FIS) marks a significant step towards understanding the requirements for a net-zero...
Bats feast as insects migrate through Pyrenees
Bats gather to feast as nocturnal insects fly through mountain passes in the Pyrenees each autumn, new research shows. University...
University of Exeter academics appointed to expert Dartmoor panel
Two University of Exeter experts have been appointed to an expert panel which will advise how to improve Dartmoor’s Sites...
University of Exeter secures £1.6m to support decarbonisation of the fashion and textile industry
The University of Exeter has today been awarded £1.6m in funding for a new project led by Professor Tamara Galloway,...