31 October 2023
\n \n \n \nBacked by over \u00a315 million funding, the new UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in AI for the Environment (The Intelligent Earth Centre) will combine the University\u2019s strengths in artificial intelligence, machine learning, Big Data, and environmental sciences.
\n \n\n \n \n20 July 2023
\n \n \n \nAn overview of options for keeping homes cool in the face of rising temperatures, without defaulting to non-stop air conditioning. By Jesus Lizana (Department of Engineering Science), Nicole Miranda (Oxford Martin School) and Radhika Khosla (Smith School of Enterprise and Environment)
\n \n\n \n \n22 June 2023
\n \n \n \nMPLS departments, teams and individuals have all been recognised in this year\u2019s awards, which celebrate the exceptional contributions of staff and students in advancing environmental sustainability.
\n \n\n \n \n24 March 2023
\n \n \n \nOxford biologists comment on new legislation that will unlock key technologies to improve UK food security, reduce pesticide use, and enhance climate-resilience in our crops.
\n \n\n \n \n10 March 2023
\n \n \n \nA new technique developed by researchers in the Department of Earth Sciences at Oxford could help locate new deposits of critical metals needed to enable the green-energy transition.
\n \n\n \n \n20 February 2023
\n \n \n \nOxford University\u2019s first-ever Green Action Week takes place 20\u201324 February, with over 50 different events linked to environmental sustainability.
\n \n\n \n \n17 February 2023
\n \n \n \nAhead of World Pangolin Day tomorrow, the University of Oxford announces that it is joining a bold initiative to save this iconic animal: Operation Pangolin.
\n \n\n \n \n26 January 2023
\n \n \n \nLargely hidden from the masses lie great expanses of deep reefs, which collectively have a larger geographic footprint than their shallower counterparts.
\n \n\n \n \n19 January 2023
\n \n \n \nA new high-resolution model to quantify the sources of plastic debris accumulating on beaches across the Seychelles and other island states in the western Indian Ocean reveals that most of this waste originates from distant sources and not from the islands themselves.
\n \n\n \n \n13 January 2023
\n \n \n \nRaising the minimum age threshold for trophy hunted male lions, and accounting for additional deaths caused by poaching and conflict with people, could increase hunting sustainability, suggests a new study from WildCRU, based in the Department of Biology.
\n \n\n \n \n12 January 2023
\n \n \n \nMaking catering more sustainable can make genuine positive contributions, but coming close to fully mitigating biodiversity loss within the current food system will take extremely ambitious action.
\n \n\n \n \n12 December 2022
\n \n \n \nResearchers and conservation experts reinforce the need for ambitious targets by 2030 to focus, motivate and finance actions to start reversing biodiversity loss.
\n \n\n \n \n12 December 2022
\n \n \n \nUniversity of Oxford researchers have contributed to a study which found that very few deep reefs have any form of protection, despite facing a multitude of threats.
\n \n\n \n \n8 December 2022
\n \n \n \nAnnounced today at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15), this push is part of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a movement to avert climate catastrophe and mass extinction.
\n \n\n \n \n5 December 2022
\n \n \n \nAhead of COP15, researchers make key recommendations for policymakers to support Asian countries to meet 2030 biodiversity targets.
\n \n\n \n \n28 November 2022
\n \n \n \nAs nations prepare to meet in Uruguay to negotiate a new Global Plastics Treaty, a study from Oxford and Nekton scientists has revealed the discovery of synthetic plastic fibres in air, seawater, sediment and sea ice.
\n \n\n \n \n11 November 2022
\n \n \n \nWe have to stop fossil fuels from causing global warming, before the world stops using fossil fuels, insists physicist and Professor of Geosystem Science Myles Allen, as he outlines an approach to reaching net zero by 2050.
\n \n\n \n \n24 October 2022
\n \n \n \nThe Nekton Maldives Mission, involving Oxford marine biologists, has found evidence of a previously undescribed ecosystem - \u2018The Trapping Zone\u2019 - that is creating an oasis of life 500 metres down in the depths of the Indian Ocean. The discovery has been hailed as highly significant by the Maldives Government.
\n \n\n \n \n21 October 2022
\n \n \n \nFour researchers from across the University of Oxford, including two from the Department of Materials and the Department of Engineering Science, have been awarded Philip Leverhulme prizes \u2013 the largest number awarded to researchers of any single UK university.
\n \n\n \n \n13 October 2022
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a new collaboration with the Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology in India (known as Digital University Kerala or DUK).
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