University of Exeter rated leading institution in the country for ecology and evolution research
The quality of research undertaken by the University of Exeter in the fields of ecology and evolution has been ranked...
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NASA’s Webb telescope maps weather on planet 280 light-years away
Researchers have successfully used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to map the weather on the hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-43 b....
British shellfish and seaweed farms could provide valuable habitats for coastal fish species, according to new research
Shellfish and seaweed farming offer potentially sustainable food sources and are increasingly recognised for their additional environmental benefits, but research...
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...
“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...
Plastic pollution can kill variety of ocean embryos
High levels of plastic pollution can kill the embryos of a wide range of ocean animals, new research shows. Scientists...
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...