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Hydropower without the environmental impact
Scientists have analysed data from nearly three million rivers across the globe to identify where hydropower stations could be sited with limited environmental impacts.
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AI to monitor changes to globally important glacier
Scientists have developed AI to track the development of crevasses - or fractures - on the Thwaites Glacier ice tongue in west Antarctica.
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Forest restoration - 'balance nitrogen-fixing trees with other species'
Reforestation projects could be made more effective with the findings of new research into the constraints on nitrogen fixation among plants.
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New woodland honours former University Secretary
Planting for a new woodland has begun on land owned by the 映客直播 on the northern edge of the city.
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Underwater tsunamis created by glacier break-up
Scientists lucky enough to be in the 鈥渞ight place at the right time鈥� witnessed a giant lump of ice breaking away from the William Glacier in Antarctica, a process known as calving.
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'Decade of action' to restore world's forests
Leading researchers, including 映客直播 academics, want to see a decade of 鈥済lobal action鈥� to restore the world鈥檚 lost and depleted forests.
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'Communicate smarter' about climate change action
Policy analysts and planners will be able to 鈥渃ommunicate smarter鈥� about climate change action by using a new online decision-support tool which has been launched at COP27.
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Scientists and engineers champion building ventilation
A campaign promoting the role of better building ventilation to support health and wellbeing has been launched by a coalition of scientists and engineering bodies.
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Congo peatlands could release billions of tonnes of carbon
The world鈥檚 largest tropical peatland turned from being a major store of carbon to a source of carbon dioxide emissions as a result of climate change thousands of years ago, new research has revealed.
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Fighting Egypt's plastic waste
When growing up in Cairo, plastic pollutants had a devastating impact upon Aya Al-Sharqawy and her family. It was the motivation she needed to tackle the crisis head on after Leeds.