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- Research shows rivers release ancient carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, uncovering a greater role for plants and soil in the carbon cycle 4 June 2025 A new study has revealed for the first time that ancient carbon, stored in landscapes for thousands of years or more, can find its way back to the atmosphere as CO₂ released from the surfaces of rivers.
- Influential climate scientists land prestigious Royal Meteorological Society awards 4 June 2025 Two pioneering University of Bristol climate researchers have received recognition for the impact of their work at the Royal Meteorological Society’s 2024 Awards.
- 1.5°C Paris Climate Agreement target too high for polar ice sheets and sea level rise 20 May 2025 Efforts to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C under the Paris Climate Agreement may not go far enough to save the world’s ice sheets, according to a new study.
- Glaciers will take centuries to recover even if global warming is reversed, scientists warn 19 May 2025 New research reveals mountain glaciers across the globe will not recover for centuries – even if human intervention cools the planet back to the 1.5°C limit, having exceeded it.
- Pioneering research reveals tree-mendous potential of inexpensive drones to help community forests flourish and unlock restoration funding 7 May 2025 Restoring forests at a community level can contribute significantly to helping reach global net zero and biodiversity goals.
- Research reveals even cool, wet Northern Ireland is feeling strain of climate change 2 April 2025 Northern Ireland is known for its cool, wet weather – but a new study has shown warmer temperatures and erratic rainfall due to climate change are taking a toll on the nation’s health and farming industry.
- Professor Peter Haggett, 1933-2025 13 March 2025 Peter Haggett, Professor of Urban and Regional Geography, passed away on 9 February at the age of 92. His colleagues and former students in the School of Geographical Sciences pay tribute to one of the discipline’s most distinguished scholars and a former Acting Vice-Chancellor of this University.
- Pioneering research ranks world’s most populated cities for flood and drought risk 12 March 2025 A new report has revealed how the 100 most populated cities globally are becoming increasingly exposed to flooding and drought.
- New research reveals one third of Scottish households have no savings 26 February 2025 New analysis has shown a third of households in Scotland (32%) report having nothing in savings.
- Top expert calls for more research to address growing health risks of climate change 21 January 2025 A globally-renowned climate scientist has highlighted the need to better recognise and understand the many different adverse health effects posed by worsening climate change for current and future generations.
- Pioneering research exposes huge loss of glaciers in one of the fastest-warming places on Earth 16 January 2025 A new study has revealed the alarming extent glaciers have shrunk over the past 40 years in a global warming hotspot for the first time – and the biggest retreat has occurred in recent years.
- New research reveals more people feel Budget tax rises were necessary than not, even if they think they will be worse-off 16 December 2024 New polling has found more than half (57%) of households think the Budget will leave them financially worse-off – and 80% would possibly support some further tax rises if necessary.
- Redefining net zero will not stop global warming – scientists say 18 November 2024 In a new study, led by the University of Oxford (co-authored by a University of Bristol scientist) and published today [18 November] in Nature, an international group of authors who developed the science behind net zero demonstrate that relying on ‘natural carbon sinks’ like forests and oceans to offset ongoing CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use will not actually stop global warming.
- Major funding to support next generation of biology and environmental researchers 13 November 2024 The University of Bristol will be among the beneficiaries of £36m in funding announced today [13 November] to support the next generation of researchers across the South West and Wales aiming to solve some of the most pressing challenges around environmental change and biology.
- Pioneering research reveals some of the world’s least polluting populations are at much greater risk of flooding fuelled by climate change 8 November 2024 A new study has exposed for the first time how inhabitants of the smallest countries globally, contributing least to climate change, already bear the brunt of its devastating consequences and the burden is likely to worsen.
- Bristol experts help advance global push to preserve world’s flora and fauna 21 October 2024 University of Bristol researchers are joining international experts for a key United Nations summit to focus on tackling biodiversity loss together and how this can also help combat climate change.
- Top experts unite at University of Bristol to tackle gambling harms globally 8 October 2024 Leading experts from across the world will join forces in the UK this week in a bid to confront the wide-reaching challenges and curb the devastating effects of gambling.
- Bristol artist creates forest fire simulation to spark awareness of deforestation 16 September 2024 World-renowned artist Luke Jerram will create a new multi-sensory installation at the University of Bristol Botanic Garden next month to improve people’s understanding of deforestation – and its links with UK pension funds.
- New research reveals how El Nino caused the greatest ever mass extinction 12 September 2024 Mega ocean warming El Niño events were key in driving the largest extinction of life on planet Earth some 252 million years ago, according to new research.
- Pioneering report exposes worsening health threats of climate change in UK 5 September 2024 A new report has revealed for the first time the wide-ranging and increasing health dangers posed by long-term weather extremes in the UK, as the effects of climate change deepen.
