How can upcycled bottles help save dolphins from fishing nets?
Discarded plastic bottles could help protect dolphins from deadly fishing nets, reducing accidental deaths while helping fishers maintain their catches.
Local knowledge can improve early warnings of glacial lake floods
Local knowledge, improved evacuation preparedness and resilient mobile phone-based communication channels can enhance Early Warning Systems to reduce loss of life during glacial lake outburst floods.
Funding boost moves landmark cancer research centre a step closer
A £1.25 million grant from the Wolfson Foundation to Newcastle University has brought the Sir Bobby Robson Institute a significant step closer, giving a major boost to its fundraising campaign.
Comment: Was this heatwave caused by climate change?
Writing for The Conversation, Professors Hayley Fowler and Ed Hawkins discuss how much hotter and more dangerous heatwaves have become because of greenhouse gases, primarily from burning fossil fuels.