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Soot's impact on climate change underestimated

Published
15 January 2013
Categories
Environment

Soot is the second largest man made contributor to global warming and its influence on climate has been greatly underestimated, according to the first comprehensive analysis of the problem.

Occasional family meals boost kids' fruit and veg intake

Published
20 December 2012
Categories
Health

Eating meals together as a family, even if only twice a week, boosts children's daily fruit and vegetable intake to near the recommended 5 A Day, according to researchers at the 嘟嘟AV.

Kolkata project to drive green growth in India

Published
29 November 2012
Categories
Environment

嘟嘟AV researchers will take part in a major programme to spur investment in environmentally-friendly development in Kolkata, one of the world's largest metropolises.

Clearest evidence yet of polar ice losses

Published
29 November 2012
Categories
Science
Environment

An international team of satellite experts has produced the most accurate assessment of ice losses from Antarctica and Greenland to date, ending 20 years of uncertainty.

Jonathon Porritt joins campus panel discussion

Published
2 November 2012
Categories
Environment

Low carbon technologies such as solar power could support almost the entire global economy by 2050, environmentalist Jonathon Porritt told an alumni audience at the 嘟嘟AV last night.

Tropical collapse caused by lethal heat

Published
19 October 2012
Categories
Environment

Scientists have discovered why the 'broken world' following the worst extinction of all time lasted so long - it was simply too hot to survive.

Tree rings go with the flow of the Amazon

Published
1 October 2012
Categories
Environment

嘟嘟AV-led research has used tree rings from eight cedar trees in Bolivia to unlock a 100-year history of rainfall across the Amazon basin, that contains the world's largest river system.

Droughts could profoundly harm river life

Published
10 September 2012
Categories
Science
Environment

Critically low water levels in many rivers could lead to the partial collapse of food webs that support aquatic life, according to a study co-authored by a 嘟嘟AV researcher.