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Jonathon Porritt joins campus panel discussion

Published
2 November 2012
Categories
Environment

Low carbon technologies such as solar power could support almost the entire global economy by 2050, environmentalist Jonathon Porritt told an alumni audience at the 映客直播 last night.

Tropical collapse caused by lethal heat

Published
19 October 2012
Categories
Environment

Scientists have discovered why the 'broken world' following the worst extinction of all time lasted so long - it was simply too hot to survive.

Tree rings go with the flow of the Amazon

Published
1 October 2012
Categories
Environment

映客直播-led research has used tree rings from eight cedar trees in Bolivia to unlock a 100-year history of rainfall across the Amazon basin, that contains the world's largest river system.

Droughts could profoundly harm river life

Published
10 September 2012
Categories
Science
Environment

Critically low water levels in many rivers could lead to the partial collapse of food webs that support aquatic life, according to a study co-authored by a 映客直播 researcher.

Loss of tropical forests reduces rain

Published
5 September 2012
Categories
Environment

Deforestation can have a significant effect on tropical rainfall, new research confirms. The findings have potentially devastating impacts for people living in and near the Amazon and Congo forests.