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27th Sep 2022

A book about climate change science and denial has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize.

27th Sep 2022

After hearing from Devon residents young and old, businesses and from across all sectors of our economy, in a series of public consultations, workshops and...

21st Sep 2022

Synthetic nitrogen fertilisers account for 2.1% of global greenhouse gas emissions, new research shows.

14th Sep 2022

Efforts to activate “positive tipping points” to tackle the climate crisis have been boosted by a £1 million (US$1.15m) grant from the Bezos Earth Fund.

13th Sep 2022

What businesses and cities must do to stay within ‘safe and just’ environmental limits for carbon, water, nutrients, land and other natural resources is the...

13th Sep 2022

Scientists have used centuries-old clam shells to see how the North Atlantic climate system reached a “tipping point” before the Little Ice Age.

8th Sep 2022

Multiple climate tipping points could be triggered if global temperature rises beyond 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, according to a major new analysis published in the...

8th Sep 2022

World-renowned experts will discuss the power of “positive tipping points” to tackle the climate crisis at the University of Exeter next week.

5th Sep 2022

Researchers are protecting great apes from diseases by studying the behaviour and expectations of tourists who visit them.

2nd Sep 2022

The Republic of the Congo has created its first ever Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), supported by a research team including the University of Exeter and...

25th Aug 2022

Practical and financial barriers associated with reducing carbon footprints and capturing more carbon are standing in the way of beef farmers making the transition to...

19th Aug 2022

Tens of millions of migratory insects cross at least 100km of open sea to reach Cyprus on the way to mainland Europe, new research shows.

15th Aug 2022

Laws intended to protect the environment in European cities must be more flexible in order to protect residents from the climate emergency, experts have warned.

15th Aug 2022

Knowing more about how clothes were made can have a transformative effect on people’s relationship with fast fashion, a new study shows.

10th Aug 2022

Safeguarding Indigenous Peoples’ lands offers the best chance of preventing the extinction of the world’s primates, researchers say.

10th Aug 2022

Growth of the Amazon rainforest in our increasingly carbon-rich atmosphere could be limited by a lack of phosphorus in the soil, new research shows.

3rd Aug 2022

Experts will meet next month to discuss catastrophic climate “tipping points” – and the power of positive tipping points to avert the climate crisis.

1st Aug 2022

Global heating could become “catastrophic” for humanity if temperature rises are worse than many predict or cause cascades of events we have yet to consider,...

1st Aug 2022

Aerosol particles in the atmosphere have a bigger impact on cloud cover – but less effect on cloud brightness – than previously thought, new research...

26th Jul 2022

The University of Exeter’s grounds across three campuses have been ranked among the best parks and green spaces in the country.