2023/24 news archive
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Climate change set to take over as key driver of biodiversity loss by 2050, experts warn
By mid-century climate change is set to become the primary cause of biodiversity loss, but there is still time to reduce the impact on global ecosystems and species, scientists say.
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Boreal forest and tundra regions worst hit over next 500 years of climate change, study shows
The boreal forest, covering much of Canada and Alaska, and the treeless shrublands to the north of the forest region, may be among the worst impacted by climate change over the next 500 years, according to a new study.
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Reaching a new audience: behavioural ecologists of the future?
As researchers, we spend a lot of time communicating our work. Why is it important? What did we do? What have we learnt? Where could we take this next?
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Researchers call for support for traditional Nigerian bakeries to shift to clean energy to reduce deforestation
Bakeries in Nigeria which use traditional open ovens fuelled by hardwood cut from local forests are contributing to rapid deforestation and climate change, according to a study from academics working in Nigeria and from the University of York and UCL.
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Vegemite Anthropocene: Conferencing transformations and law in Australia - Christopher Lyon
In July, LCAB’s Katie Noble and I climbed into some metal and carbon fibre tubes and travelled through the sky and the future to The Land Down Under. Apparently, the hippie trail is rewilded, and gassy, fried-out Kombis are harder to come by, so aeroplanes it was.