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Why COP30 is like a game of Risk

12th Nov 2025

For many countries at COP30, geopolitics is the name of the game. From Belém, Stuart Brocklehurst, Exeter’s Deputy-Vice Chancellor (Business Engagement and Innovation) assesses their...

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Energy - Achieving NetZero

Tipping points experts set three challenges for COP30

12th Nov 2025

Experts in “tipping points” have set three challenges for world leaders meeting at the COP30 climate summit.

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UK and Brazilian schools to partner on collaborative climate education programme

10th Nov 2025

Schools Across the Ocean to be showcased at COP30 alongside Nature Poetry and Climate Cards

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Energy - Achieving NetZero

Land carbon sinks cannot keep up, while rising temperatures spread disease and threaten incomes – report warns

30th Oct 2025

The planet’s natural carbon sinks are reaching critical limits, absorbing fewer emissions than expected as decades of climate change has weakened their capacity, a new...

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Energy - Achieving NetZero

‘Derailment’ warning as world faces threats to its ability to act on climate change

28th Oct 2025

The worsening consequences of the climate crisis could fatally “derail” climate action, researchers have warned.

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University News

‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point

13th Oct 2025

The world faces a “new reality” as we have reached the first of many Earth system tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm unless humanity...

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Marine - Protecting our Environments

Lessons from Ascension’s shark troubles could help boost conservation

10th Oct 2025

Understanding people’s attitudes to interactions with sharks could help halt the global decline of shark numbers, according to new research carried out on Ascension Island.

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Marine - Protecting our Environments

2023 ocean heatwave ‘unprecedented but not unexpected’

7th Oct 2025

The June 2023 heatwave in northern European seas was “unprecedented but not unexpected”, new research shows.

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Marine - Protecting our Environments

Clam shells sound warning of Atlantic ‘tipping point’

6th Oct 2025

A study of clam shells suggests Atlantic Ocean currents may be approaching a “tipping point”.

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Biodiversity - Becoming Nature Positive

Oil rig study reveals vital role of tiny hoverflies

18th Sep 2025

A study of migratory hoverflies on a North Sea oil rig has revealed their vital role as long-distance pollen transporters.

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Marine - Protecting our Environments

Coral reefs set to stop growing as climate warms

17th Sep 2025

Most coral reefs will soon stop growing and may begin to erode – and almost all will do so if global warming hits 2°C, according...

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Marine - Protecting our Environments

Scilly Isles cameras give glimpse of ‘natural’ UK waters

12th Sep 2025

Underwater cameras around the Isles of Scilly have given scientists a glimpse of how sea life can thrive in well-protected UK waters.

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University News

Well-publicised polar geoengineering ideas will not help and could harm, warn experts

9th Sep 2025

Five well-publicised polar geoengineering ideas are highly unlikely to help the polar regions and could harm ecosystems, communities, international relations, and our chances of reaching...

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University News

Three Exeter experts appointed for new IPCC report

8th Sep 2025

Three University of Exeter scientists have been appointed as authors for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Seventh Assessment Report.

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Marine - Protecting our Environments

Study tracks UK’s journey from seafood self-sufficiency to dependence on imports

29th Aug 2025

More than a century of data reveals how the UK has gone from supplying domestic seafood needs from productive home waters to importing seafood from...

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University News

Climate guide for lawmakers launched at pre-COP forum in Brazil

28th Aug 2025

A new Portuguese translation of a key guide to climate change for policymakers has been launched at the Pre-COP30 Parliamentary Forum in Brazil.

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Marine - Protecting our Environments

Chagos study highlights value of vast Marine Protected Areas

7th Aug 2025

Large ocean animals can be protected throughout much of their lifecycle by huge Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), new research shows.

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Energy - Achieving NetZero

Global hunt for ‘positive tipping points’

7th Aug 2025

Experts are calling for a global effort to identify “positive tipping points” to accelerate the green transition – and have devised a method to find...

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Marine - Protecting our Environments

New project crowdfunding to support tuna recovery in UK waters

24th Jul 2025

A new project aims to research the diet of bluefin tuna, using the data to support the comeback of this iconic animal in UK waters.

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Biodiversity - Becoming Nature Positive

New research finds pangolins in Africa hunted for food rather than illicit scales trade

14th Jul 2025

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