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...
Environment
New innovative tool will help local communities adapt to climate change
An innovative tool that gives individuals and teams the best available evidence in making decisions and identifying actions required to...
University of Exeter to play major role in world’s first UN-backed centre for circular economy research
The University of Exeter is a partner in a new United Nations-backed centre that will propel the transition to a...
Spaces to make-do and mend would bring new life into high streets, study says
Spaces to remake and mend clothes would bring much-needed life back into shopping centres and high streets, a new study...
Major new interdisciplinary study will track impact of cultured meat on society
Law, sociology and biochemical engineering experts have joined forces to assess the risks and impact of cultured meat, a novel...
Creativity helps the disempowered to highlight climate emergency concerns, study shows
Creativity can help promote environmental justice and support the disempowered to highlight their concerns about sustainability issues, a study shows....
Plastic microparticles from road tyres are “high concern” pollutants, research shows
Plastic microparticles released into the environment from common road tyres should be treated as a “high concern” pollutant, that may...
New online support for farming’s “accidental counsellors”
A new resource is available for farming’s “accidental counsellors” to help them better support those within the agricultural community and...
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...