Can nature help us tackle the climate emergency?
Find out how coastal landscapes and saltmarshes are key to tackling the global climate emergency at the Royal Society’s Summer Science 2021.
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Glacial melt in Asia accelerating as summers warm
Glaciers in High Mountain Asia have been melting more quickly in recent years due to rising summer temperatures, new research reveals.
Antarctic glacier may be more stable than initially feared
A new international study sheds light on the future of the massive Thwaites Glacier and other ice sheets.
New study improves marine climate change evidence base
Scientists have undertaken the first full mapping of carbon stores across the UK’s EEZ to help address aspects of climate and change.
El Niño offers lessons for climate change
Peruvian children have been helping researchers record how rural communities have coped with the extreme El Niño weather.
Protecting Covid-hit fishing communities in Peru
The University has been awarded a grant of nearly £300,000 to help protect the livelihoods of fishing communities in Peru hit by Covid-19.
Melting icebergs affect oceanic heat delivery towards major glacier
Icebergs are a crucial factor affecting how much heat the ocean delivers towards a major Greenland glacier, according to new research.
Innovative Scottish-India climate research partnership
St Andrews, Aberdeen and Ahmedabad universities to collaborate on innovative climate research.
Everest region glaciers thinning at high altitudes
A new study has found that glaciers around Mount Everest are now losing mass at an elevation formerly thought to be protected from ice loss.
Peatlands could prevent EIDs
New research suggests conservation of tropical peatlands could reduce the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and other diseases.