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« Back to NewsHow to finance marine conservation without harming local communities
15 August 2022
Biology Food security & biodiversity The Conversation
Hollie Booth from the Department of Biology discusses whether international marine tourists might be prepared to pay towards community-based shark conservation, in an article first published on the Conversation.
Trophy hunting: why a UK import ban threatens wildlife conservation
11 August 2022
Amy Dickman, Professor of Wildlife Conservation in the Department of Biology, puts the case that trophy hunting import bans risk increasing threats to wildlife and undermining local rights and livelihoods, in an article first published on the Conversation.
Solar is the cheapest power, and a literal light-bulb moment showed us we can cut costs and emissions even further
1 August 2022
Energy Functional materials Materials science Research The Conversation
In an article first published on the Conversation, Matthew Wright (Department of Materials), together with colleagues Bruno Vicari Stefani from CSIRO and Brett Hallam from UNSW Sydney, explain how rethinking the type of silicon used in solar cells could make them much more efficient.
Earth scientists reveal ancient salamander hidden inside mystery rock for 50 years
15 July 2022
Earth sciences Research The Conversation Zoology
A collaboration between Earth Sciences palaeobiologists from the University of Oxford and University College London has shed new light on one of the earliest-known salamanders, from a rock first discovered in the 1970s.
Jurassic World Dominion: a palaeontologist on what the film gets wrong about dinosaurs
14 June 2022
Earth sciences The Conversation
Ben Igielman, DPhil student in palaeontology in the Department of Earth Sciences, writes about the new Jurassic World film in an article first published on the Conversation.
From The Conversation: What the invasion of Ukraine means for the IPCC’s latest climate change report
4 April 2022
Climate Physics The Conversation
Professor Myles Allen, University of Oxford and Hugh Helferty, Queen's University Ontario discuss whether Russia’s invasion of Ukraine makes it harder to stop climate change.
From The Conversation: How to investigate when a robot causes an accident – and why it’s important that we do
24 March 2022
AI and data science Computer science Research The Conversation
Keri Grieman, Research Associate in the Department of Computer Science, writes about the 'ethical black box' for robots.
From the Conversation: Biodiversity: why new rules to ensure nature benefits from building projects could fail
24 March 2022
Biology Food security & biodiversity The Conversation Zoology
EJ Milner-Gulland, Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity, and colleagues from the University of Kent write about “biodiversity net gain” – a measure applying to most new developments in England which is intended to ensure nature is left better off overall than before the project began.
Monks Wood Wilderness: 60 years ago, scientists let a farm field rewild – here’s what happened
22 July 2021
Biology The Conversation Zoology
Richard K Broughton from the Department of Zoology writes about the Monks Wood Wilderness experiment in an article on The Conversation.
The Conversation: what 7000 English names for birds tell us about our changing relationship with nature
21 June 2021
Biology The Conversation Zoology
Andy Gosler from the Department of Zoology writes about a unique project on ethno-ornithology.
From The Conversation: Seaspiracy: how to make fishing more sustainable by tackling bycatch
12 May 2021
Biology Food security & biodiversity Research The Conversation Zoology
Hollie Booth from the Department of Zoology and colleague William Arlidge from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries write about new research proposing that commercial fishing companies and seafood consumers should pay compensation for the environmental impacts of fisheries.
From The Conversation: Mars InSight: why we’ll be listening to the landing of the Perseverance rover
15 February 2021
Earth sciences Physics Research The Conversation
Ben Fernando (Departments of Earth Sciences and Physics) writes about using the Insight mission to detect seismic signals during the landing of Perseverance - the first time that anyone has tried using a spacecraft on the surface of another planet to detect another spacecraft arriving.
From The Conversation: Spider legs build webs without the brain’s help – providing a model for future robot limbs
10 February 2021
Biology The Conversation Zoology
Fritz Vollrath from the Department of Zoology writes in an article published on The Conversation.
Why Mauritius is culling an endangered fruit bat that exists nowhere else
26 November 2020
Biology The Conversation Zoology
An article from the Conversation by Alexandra Zimmerman (Zoology), Ewan Macdonald (Said Business School) and Tigga Kingston (Texas Tech University).
Global food system emissions alone threaten warming beyond 1.5°C – but we can act now to stop it
6 November 2020
Climate Physics The Conversation
In an article from 'The Conversation', John Lynch in the Department of Physics discusses the necessary changes for bringing agriculture in line with a “net-zero” world.
Five reasons people buy illegal wildlife products – and how to stop them
3 September 2020
Biology The Conversation Zoology
Amy Hinsley and Diogo Verissimo from the Department of Zoology discuss the illegal wildlife trade in an article from the Conversation.