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Oxford Environment student gets top underwater award
An MSc student at the University of Oxford`s Environmental Change Institute is the youngest recipient of the world's most prestigious award for underwater exploration. Alasdair Harris, 23, is to receive the British Sub Aqua Club Medal from the Duke of Edinburgh in a ceremony on 15 November at Buckingham Palace. The award is in recognition of his... view more... (2002-11-14)
New Director for Zuckerman Institute
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is pleased to announce that Professor Kerry Turner will be Director of the new Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research. Professor Turner is currently Director of the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) based in the School of Environmental Sciences, and he... view more... (2002-10-22)
Delft Architectural Engineer Combines Economics and Environment: Building with Double Profit
Researcher Tim de Jonge, of TU Delft, has developed a model to calculate the environmental impact of all kinds of building projects easily and accurately. The model can show whether or not a design change, aimed at the reduction of the environmental impact of the design, is worthwhile. Tim de Jonge will defend his PhD thesis on this subject on 28... view more... (2005-02-24)
A health check for the Earth @ the London `Catastrophes` conference
The condition of our environment at any time reflects not only human influences but also natural processes and phenomena, which may be causing change - whether or not people are present. So how do we know when humans are to blame and when it`s just the environment behaving `naturally`. At Brunel University`s `Environmental Catastrophes`... view more... (2002-08-17)
Climate change could trigger 'boom and bust' population cycles leading to extinction
Climate change could trigger "boom and bust" population cycles that make animal species more vulnerable to extinction. , according to Christopher C. Wilmers, an assistant professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. view more (2007-04-17)
Green IT not helping climate change
Richard Hawkins, Canada Research Chair in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, says there is no evidence that information technologies necessarily reduce our environmental footprint. view more (2009-02-25)
Federal funding gap cited for research on human health impacts due to climate change
Climate change will seriously impact public health, but the United States has yet to allocate adequate research funding to understand and prepare for these impacts, according to a report published in Environmental Health Perspectives, the journal of the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. view more (2009-03-27)
Study Confirms Amphibians' Ability to Predict Changes in Biodiversity
Biologists have long suspected that amphibians, whose moist permeable skins make them susceptible to slight changes in the environment, might be good bellwethers for impending alterations in biodiversity during rapid climate change. view more (2008-10-29)
HM Queen to open British-German climate change conference in Berlin
Tyndall Centre Director to receive Royal Honour CBE view more (2004-11-01)
Detecting secondary aerosols
EUREKA project E! 2507 EUROENVIRON COPAP has developed a new detection device that will aid research into global climate change, environmental studies, life-science research and environmental monitoring and improve understanding on aerosols. view more (2005-02-03)
Press Invitation: Imperial College Environment Office Forum Seminar on Environmental Change
The seminar will offer journalists a chance to hear about some of the latest research on environmental change all in one afternoon. view more (1999-05-21)
Yale report cites emerging carbon finance market
Climate change is an unprecedented global problem and an emerging carbon finance market will play a critical role in addressing it, asserts a newly published Yale report. view more (2008-11-07)
Evolutionary Biology Research on Plant Shows Significance of Maternal Effects
When habitat changes, animals migrate. But how do immobile organisms like plants cope when faced with alterations to their environment? This is an increasingly important question in light of new environmental conditions brought on by global climate change. view more (2007-11-16)
Climate change aims need to be better integrated
Specific measures to tackle climate change, such as emissions trading, will only be successful if they are coherently supported by other government policies addressing economic and social issues, says a report published today by the Partnership for European Environmental Research (PEER). PEER membership is formed from seven of the biggest European... view more... (2009-03-27)
Scientists aim to bring indigenous people into climate change monitoring and policy
Scientists at the Missouri Botanical Garden are calling for the inclusion of indigenous peoples around the world in helping monitor the effects of global climate change and develop policy. view more (2009-05-13)
Who needs environmental monitoring?
We monitor the stock market, the weather, our blood pressure. Yet environmental monitoring is often criticized as being unscientific, expensive, and wasteful. view more (2007-06-08)
New Forum for Environment Research
Environmental scientists are getting a helping hand this month with the creation of a new focus group. The Environment Research Funders' Forum (ERFF) is bringing together the UK's major public sector sponsors of environmental science. Its aims are to maximise communications between these organisations, encourage partnerships and enhance the... view more... (2002-10-23)
Climate change poses a huge threat to human health
Climate change will have a huge impact on human health and bold environmental policy decisions are needed now to protect the world's population, according to the author of an article published in the BMJ today. view more (2008-01-25)
Look into the future "¦ and then vote on it
Crystal ball gazing has long been part of what scientists do, whether it's forecasting the weather or predicting long term climate change, but now researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) will be able to present people with highly realistic visions of what the future might look like and then ask them to vote on which one they prefer. In... view more... (2003-09-01)
Charles Clarke opens 'green, joined-up thinking' research centre
Secretary of State for Education, Charles Clarke MP, will visit the University of East Anglia (UEA) today (Thursday 4 September) to officially open the Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research. The Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research (ZICER), within UEA's internationally-acclaimed School of Environmental... view more... (2003-09-01)
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