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.
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.
Human-induced climate change is wreaking havoc in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks. People and ecosystems least able to cope are being hardest hit, according to leading scientists in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released today.
Dr Amy Thomas, a Research Associate at Bristol Medical School, has been awarded an ‘Unsung COVID Heroes’ award from WISE, an organisation that promotes women in science, maths and engineering (STEM), for her work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The family of Natasha Abrahart, a 2nd year Physics student who very sadly took her own life in April 2018, is bringing a civil action against the University of Bristol. This is due to start on Tuesday 1 March and run until 9 March.
A former University of Bristol student started the UK’s first fish leather business because she couldn’t find that perfect gift for her father’s 60th.
Drugs that repair damage to a gel-like layer in the tiny blood vessels of the heart could present a much-needed treatment for heart failure in people with diabetes, according to University of Bristol-led research funded by the British Heart Foundation and published today in Diabetologia.
Dr Mark Souter, lecturer in the School of Education, died on Boxing Day 2021 after a short illness. His colleague Professor Paul Howard-Jones offers a remembrance.
Researchers at the University of Bristol have launched a series of artworks to help households, community organisations and schools understand and discuss how we will generate and use energy in the future.
The University of Bristol’s head hockey coach has been shortlisted for a Coach of the Year Award by England Hockey.
