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Using ‘tipping points’ can unlock the changes needed on energy, food and plastics, analysis shows

University of Exeter Arctic sea ice cannot “quickly bounce back” if climate change causes it to melt, new research suggests. A team of scientists led by the University of Exeter used the shells of quahog clams,...

Public Release: 19-Dec-2018 The quest to discover what drove the last, long-term global climate shift on Earth, which took place around a million years ago, has taken a new, revealing twist...

Add concrete to the list of things graphene can improve. Scientists at the University of Exeter's Center for Graphene Science developed a new technique to incorporate graphene in concrete production with the help of nanoengineering...

Add concrete to the list of things graphene can improve. Scientists at the University of Exeter's Center for Graphene Science developed a new technique to incorporate graphene in concrete production with the help of nanoengineering...

A vast majority of teenagers in a recent study had traces of Bisphenol A (BPA) inside of their bodies, according to the University of Exeter. They tested 94 17 to 19-year-olds and found BPA in 86 percent of them. The researchers...

Archaeological research in Ethiopia has largely centered around early humans, but there's more to the country's past than just our origins. Researchers recently found an ancient city at Harlaa, Eastern Ethiopia, that offers...

Archaeological research in Ethiopia has largely centered around early humans, but there's more to the country's past than just our origins. Researchers recently found an ancient city at Harlaa, Eastern Ethiopia, that offers...

From the University of Exeter: New research suggests that the Amazon rainforest may be more able to cope with dry conditions than previously predicted...

There are two winners in the housing category, the first of which was The Left-Over-Space House in Australia by Cox Rayner Architects, Casey and Rebekah Vallanc...

Meat in a Shop Window Photo from Shutterstock It is estimated that the world’s population will reach 9.3 billion people by 2050, which raises significant questions as to how exactly we are going to feed such a massive...

From the University of Exeter , terrible news: Carbon stored in Arctic tundra could be released into the atmosphere by new trees growing in the warmer region, exacerbating climate change, scientists have revealed...

In the past, we have talked about the effects that light pollution has on the environment, but a new report now states that street lighting can also substantially change the ecology of ground-dwelling invertebrates and insects,...

From the University of Exeter , some buggy science. Next thing you know, PETA will be campaigning to have us shut off street lighting to “save the insects”. I’m surprised it has taken them this long to figure...

From the University of Exeter , some buggy science. Next thing you know, PETA will be campaigning to have us shut off street lighting to “save the insects”. I’m surprised it has taken them this long to figure...