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Researchers in the Department of Chemistry have developed a crop stimulant that increases yields by 20%.

Researchers say we don’t know how most mammals will respond to climate change

Climate change Zoology

Researchers at the University of Oxford, alongside international collaborators, have found that there is a significant knowledge gap in the risks posed by climate change to mammals.

Could South African mine wastes provide a feasible storage method for millions of tonnes of CO2?

Climate change Engineering Research

An article written for the University's Science Blog by Liam Bullock (Engineering Science), Zakhele Nkosi and Maxwell Amponsah-Dacosta.

UK launches new £10M Research Centre to spur a greener Global Financial System

Climate change Engineering Funding

The centre, led by Oxford, will transform the finance sector’s ability to invest differently to promote climate and environmental action. Researchers from the Oxford eResearch Centre in the Department of Engineering Science are contributing, alongside researchers from other University departments.

Getting the message right on nature-based solutions to climate change

Climate change Research Zoology

Nature‐based solutions can play a key role in helping to tackle the climate and nature crises, while delivering other benefits for people, according to a new paper today from the Nature-based Solutions Initiative (NbSI) at the University of Oxford - but it is vital to get the message right about how to deliver successful NbS and avoid potential pitfalls.

Four Steps for Earth: a holistic approach to saving the planet

Climate change Zoology

A global team of researchers have outlined a new framework for implementing global commitments to restoring nature, The Mitigation and Conservation Hierarchy - or, more snappily, Four Steps for the Earth.

Oxford Net Zero launches to tackle global carbon emissions

Climate change Earth sciences Physics Plant sciences Zoology

The Oxford Net Zero initiative, launched this week, draws on the university’s world-leading expertise in climate science and policy, addressing the critical issue of how to reach global ‘net zero’ – limiting greenhouse gases – in time to halt global warming.

Global food system emissions alone threaten warming beyond 1.5°C – but we can act now to stop it

Climate change 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.

Cooling: hidden threat for climate change and sustainable goals

Climate change Engineering

A new study, led by the University of Oxford and published today in Nature Sustainability, sets out a framework for delivering sustainable cooling. It also examines cooling needs in the context of sustainable development, and finds that this is a global blind spot.

Oxford launches new principles for credible carbon offsetting

Climate change Research

Launched today, The Oxford Principles for Net Zero Aligned Carbon Offsetting (‘The Oxford Offsetting Principles’), provide guidelines to help ensure offsetting actually helps to achieve a net zero society.

Researchers identify human influence as key agent of ocean warming patterns in the future

Climate change Physics Research

Scientists from the Department of Physics at Oxford University have discovered that the influence of circulation changes on shaping ocean warming will diminish in the future.

SNAP-DRAGON project funded to study the changing subpolar North Atlantic Ocean

Climate change Earth sciences Funding Research

The project, led by Oxford Earth Sciences Associate Professor Helen Johnson, will provide new knowledge of this critical region, which will help to improve predictions of ocean and climate variability in the North Atlantic and beyond.

Carbon capture and storage has stalled needlessly – three reasons why fears of CO₂ leakage are overblown

Climate change Earth sciences Research The Conversation

Stephanie Flude (Department of Earth Sciences) and Juan Alcade (Earth Sciences, Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera) discuss how to keep sequestered CO₂ locked away underground, in an article published on The Conversation.

Why protesters should be wary of ‘12 years to climate breakdown’ rhetoric

Climate change Physics The Conversation

An article published in The Conversation by Professor Myles Allen of the Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, and the Department of Physics.

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Science Blog: Young male fruit flies make females fight each other more

Research Zoology

Dr Ellie Bath, Department of Zoology, writes about research to test whether age, mating history, and feeding status shape an important, but understudied, post-mating response – increased female-female aggression.

The ocean urgently needs truly collaborative science between partners - Oxford scientists

Research Zoology

To ensure a prosperous ocean now and in the future, marine research must offer clear recommendations based on representative information and demonstrate practical pathways, according to new research from Oxford University, the charity Nekton and the Seychelles Environment Ministry.

One of the world’s most secretive mammals photographed in WildCRU’s Togo survey

Research Zoology

Researchers at the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) have confirmed that they have captured the first ever images of Walter’s duiker (Philantomba walteri) alive in the wild.

African elephants only occupy a fraction of their potential range

Research Zoology

Many wildlife species are threatened by shrinking habitat. But according to new research from the Department of Zoology, the potential range of African elephants could be more than five times larger than its current extent.

Oxford research given significant boost to develop lithium-rich battery cathodes

Materials science Research

A team of scientists, including those based at the University of Oxford as part of the Faraday Institution CATMAT project, researching next-generation cathode materials have made a significant breakthrough in understanding oxygen-redox processes involved in lithium-rich cathode materials.

Lack of prey is causing puffin chicks to starve leading to population declines

Research Zoology

New research from the University of Oxford’s Department of Zoology has used innovative technology to study causes of declines in puffin populations in the northeast Atlantic, and found that a lack of prey near some major breeding colonies is driving puffin chicks to starve, ultimately leading to population declines.

Similar stories

Science Blog: Young male fruit flies make females fight each other more

Research Zoology

Dr Ellie Bath, Department of Zoology, writes about research to test whether age, mating history, and feeding status shape an important, but understudied, post-mating response – increased female-female aggression.

The ocean urgently needs truly collaborative science between partners - Oxford scientists

Research Zoology

To ensure a prosperous ocean now and in the future, marine research must offer clear recommendations based on representative information and demonstrate practical pathways, according to new research from Oxford University, the charity Nekton and the Seychelles Environment Ministry.

One of the world’s most secretive mammals photographed in WildCRU’s Togo survey

Research Zoology

Researchers at the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) have confirmed that they have captured the first ever images of Walter’s duiker (Philantomba walteri) alive in the wild.

African elephants only occupy a fraction of their potential range

Research Zoology

Many wildlife species are threatened by shrinking habitat. But according to new research from the Department of Zoology, the potential range of African elephants could be more than five times larger than its current extent.

Oxford research given significant boost to develop lithium-rich battery cathodes

Materials science Research

A team of scientists, including those based at the University of Oxford as part of the Faraday Institution CATMAT project, researching next-generation cathode materials have made a significant breakthrough in understanding oxygen-redox processes involved in lithium-rich cathode materials.

Lack of prey is causing puffin chicks to starve leading to population declines

Research Zoology

New research from the University of Oxford’s Department of Zoology has used innovative technology to study causes of declines in puffin populations in the northeast Atlantic, and found that a lack of prey near some major breeding colonies is driving puffin chicks to starve, ultimately leading to population declines.