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\n \n\n \n \n \nOxford University is working with Canadian researchers on a first-of-its-kind project that will engage citizen volunteers to help advance knowledge about polar bear behaviour in a changing environment by analysing a decade\u2019s worth of images captured by trail cameras.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nOxford University has today announced the winners of its science-inspired schools\u2019 art competition Beyond Boundaries which was launched to encourage inclusion in science research
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\n \n\n \n \n \nFritz Vollrath from the Department of Zoology writes in an article published on The Conversation.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe World\u2019s First Conservation Venture Studio has today been launched, with a mission to bring forward novel and innovative solutions to the world\u2019s most pressing environmental problems.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nNature\u2010based 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.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA 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.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nIneos, one of the world\u2019s largest manufacturing companies, and the University of Oxford are launching a new world-leading institute to combat the growing global issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which currently causes an estimated 1.5 million excess deaths each year.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA team of scientists, led by researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh, has analysed the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK and produced the most fine-scaled and comprehensive genomic analysis of transmission of any epidemic to date.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nLion numbers have disappeared from 92% of their historical range. The death of Cecil the lion in 2015 and the resulting global outcry brought this sobering fact into sharp focus.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nUsing the highest resolution satellite imagery currently available, researchers at the University of Oxford Wildlife Conservation Research Unit and Machine Learning Research Group have detected elephants from space with comparable accuracy to human detection capabilities.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nIn a collaboration between the Department of Zoology\u2019s Mathematical Ecology Research Group and the Future of Humanity Institute, researchers created a mathematical model to simulate the likelihood of the emergence of intelligent observers.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nEuropean Research Council grants worth more than \u20ac16.3 million have been awarded to University of Oxford researchers for a range of cutting-edge projects.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nAn international team of researchers have shown that, while both cities have experienced large epidemics with high mortality, as much as three-quarters of the population in Manaus was infected between March and October, and a third of the population in S\u00e3o Paulo.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nBy Michael Bonsall, Professor of Mathematical Biology in the Department of Zoology
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\n \n\n \n \n \nHurricanes, pollution, disease, bleaching and the effects of an increasingly warmer planet are all negatively impacting the health of coral reefs around the world. However, those in the Caribbean are facing a new threat \u2014 an aggressive, golden-brown, crust-like alga that is rapidly overgrowing shallow reefs.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe prize is awarded annually to an individual who has made exceptional contributions to the discipline of microbiology, and recognises Prof Maiden's work in translating high-quality basic science into practical public health benefits, especially in bacterial vaccines, vaccination, and food safety.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nAn article from the Conversation by Alexandra Zimmerman (Zoology), Ewan Macdonald (Said Business School) and Tigga Kingston (Texas Tech University).
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Oxford Net Zero initiative, launched this week, draws on the university\u2019s world-leading expertise in climate science and policy, addressing the critical issue of how to reach global \u2018net zero\u2019 \u2013 limiting greenhouse gases \u2013 in time to halt global warming.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nStudies at the Universities of Oxford and Aarhus have revealed how a spider\u2019s regenerated leg movements fit in with the other legs that are of normal length; coordinating complex movements and thread manipulations.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nIn African wildlife conservation, most documented experiences are from southern and south-eastern Africa; countries with well developed \u2018wildlife industries\u2019. Their voices and perspectives are dominant, but a new paper in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution presents divergent perspectives from West, Central and the Horn of Africa.
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