Articles tagged with 'Environment' | University of Manchester

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2024
21
March
2024
| 10:01 Europe/London
Reduced snow cover and shifting vegetation patterns in the Alps, both driven by climate change, are having major combined impacts on biodiversity and functioning of ecosystems in the high mountains, according to new research published today.
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18
March
2024
| 09:57 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has hosted Afzal Khan MP on a visit to the Firs Environmental Research Station which recently completed a £2 million redevelopment.  
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11
March
2024
| 07:42 Europe/London
Campaign group Ardwick Climate Action, with the support of University of Manchester researchers, are to launch  a green route on 12 March where local people can avoid the excessive pollution caused by motor vehicles.
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08
February
2024
| 10:36 Europe/London
Imagine making one change to a farm field so that as well as producing food, it also generated building materials, fuel and fodder. At the same time, this change would nourish the health of the soil, regulate the micro-climate and support
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06
February
2024
| 16:30 Europe/London
Our University has been awarded accreditation status by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the leading global authority on the environment – one of only twenty universities worldwide to have been given this
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01
February
2024
| 15:51 Europe/London
Researchers have started a six-week study to measure airborne pollutant emissions from domestic wood burning stoves, using a dedicated laboratory-based test facility at The University of Manchester.
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10
January
2024
| 16:35 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has launched a study in partnership with Greater Manchester’s 10 local authorities to better understand the use of log burners and solid fuel fires and their impact on air pollution in the region.
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2023
08
December
2023
| 13:50 Europe/London
Protecting and restoring forests is one of the cheapest and most effective options for mitigating the carbon emissions heating Earth.
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04
December
2023
| 11:41 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has won the ‘2030 Climate Action’ prize at the prestigious UK & Ireland Green Gown Awards in recognition of its “forward looking and innovative” work to decarbonise the University's operations.
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21
November
2023
| 15:27 Europe/London
Existing consumption and production systems, which use natural resources to meet societal needs for food, shelter, energy and health, are unsustainable.
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10
August
2023
| 15:02 Europe/London
A study of four common fish species by University of Manchester scientists has revealed that gene expression changes when their developing embryos are exposed to warmer waters.
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19
July
2023
| 09:00 Europe/London
A University of Manchester academic has won the inaugural Royal Meteorological Society Education Award in recognition of his long record of teaching excellence.
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27
June
2023
| 16:54 Europe/London
Research that linked the weather with the spread of COVID-19 during the pandemic was inaccurate and poorly scrutinised by fellow scientists, suggests a new study.
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15
June
2023
| 14:44 Europe/London
Areas of the ocean that are rich in marine life are having a bigger impact on our ecosystems and the climate than previously thought, new research suggests.
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26
April
2023
| 15:10 Europe/London
Two researchers from The University of Manchester have won a 2023 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science UK & Ireland Rising Talents Award.
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23
March
2023
| 16:30 Europe/London
Manchester School of Architecture (MSA) has been named as one of the top five architecture schools in the QS World Subject Rankings 2023.
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17
March
2023
| 10:30 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has published a report into the climate impact of its endowment investments which reveals that, by 31 July 2022, the carbon intensity of its endowment equity investment portfolio has been reduced by 55% from 2019.
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08
February
2023
| 11:12 Europe/London
University of Manchester researchers are to undertake a project to inform the future of bioenergy and carbon capture and storage (BECCS) in a project commissioned by the Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC).
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2022
28
November
2022
| 12:24 Europe/London
As the world celebrates the historic COP27 deal that will see rich nations pay developing countries for loss and damage related to climate change, an expert from The University of Manchester has released a new book which argues that an ecological
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15
November
2022
| 11:23 Europe/London
New research from the Tyndall Centre at The University of Manchester highlights an urgent global need for investment in green fuels this decade to meet the Paris Climate goals.
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14
November
2022
| 11:50 Europe/London
As the global community meets in Egypt for the COP27 climate conference an expert from The University of Manchester has released a new book which explores the links between human mobility and severe weather.
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26
August
2022
| 13:07 Europe/London
In June 2022, Early Career Academics and researchers gathered in Manchester for the first cross-Faculty ECR conference on the environment's impact on health. The event was led by the Manchester Environmental Research Institute.
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22
June
2022
| 13:42 Europe/London
Researchers have called for a more sustainable approach to the UK’s National Space Strategy in a new publication from The University of Manchester, On Space.
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13
April
2022
| 14:34 Europe/London
New research from The University of Manchester, in collaboration with Kenyan conservationists and scientists, has examined data from the Critically Endangered Kenyan black rhino populations which suggest that individuals really matter when assessing
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14
March
2022
| 13:15 Europe/London
Pupils from 25 primary schools across Greater Manchester will be working scientifically to investigate air quality in their local area next week, thanks to a partnership between The University of Manchester and the Royal Society, the UK’s national
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09
February
2022
| 19:00 Europe/London
Researchers studying giant Amazonian waterlilies have unravelled the engineering enigma behind the largest floating leaves in nature.
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2021
29
November
2021
| 12:00 Europe/London
Initial findings from a world-first study of the impact of 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on both engines of a commercial jet have provided promising early results.
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29
October
2021
| 14:29 Europe/London
New research from The University of Manchester shows that the current climate targets set for the international shipping are far too lax, and would mean the sector cannot play its fair part in meeting the Paris climate goals.
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18
October
2021
| 09:30 Europe/London
The University of Manchester, alongside the Henry Royce Institute’s Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub, is supporting the design and development of a ground-breaking product set to dramatically improve the energy efficiency of households and
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11
October
2021
| 10:41 Europe/London
New data curated by scientists at The University of Manchester has found that the main culprit for aviation emissions across the connected continent of Europe is countless short journey flights.
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