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At the time of writing, the numbers already orphaned in South Africa, for instance, was 101,400. There are about 10,000 in the UK who had lost at least one care giver. Credit: Shutterstock.

One million orphans, so far: the hidden COVID crisis we need to talk about much more

All the focus on children over the last year has been about lost education, keeping them busy and the impact of isolation. Right now, it is holidays and exams. But we should be more worried – a lot more worried.
Professor Yadvinder Malhi in his element: 'Restoring the rainforest and nature can’t solve climate change, but it can make a substantial and real contribution, while bringing all the many other benefits of a thriving natural world.'

Where the wild things should be: Yadvinder Malhi and why rainforest diversity is critical

Rainforests are amazing places - great biodiverse ecosystems and carbon sinks. But, as a million nature programmes have shown, they are also full of things that could kill you: insects as big as your fist, some of the deadliest snakes alive, even the frogs can be nasty.
inequity will have a lasting and profound impact on socio-economic recovery in low and lower-middle income countries unless there is urgent action to make vaccines affordable and accessible to everyone

Urgent need for COVID-19 vaccine equity: UN-Oxford research

If the proposed policy were adopted, emitters would be subject to a ‘Carbon Removal Obligation’. Interest could be added, establishing a legal responsibility for carbon debt repayment. CROs would be tradeable, by treating carbon debt like financial debt,

Future generations will face crippling costs without action now on carbon debt

Professor Louise Richardson, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Hubert Keller, Co-Senior Partner of the banking group Lombard Odier have officially signed a multi-year partnership to foster sustainable finance and investment research, with a

Lombard Odier and Oxford in landmark research collaboration on sustainable finance and investment

Is simply planting more trees the easy way out? The answers do not look straightforward. It is all about right trees, right spots, and the right science. Credit: Shutterstock.

Rewilding cities: grow back greener, cleaner and healthier

It is exciting that the genetics underlying these reproductive behaviours may help us understand later life disease

Genetics plays important role in age at first sex and birth with links to dis-inhibition, longevity and disease

Climate change makes hot extreme events [such as heatwaves in Europe] 100 times more likely.’ ‘And we’re not talking about a bit of nice weather either,’ says Dr Otto. ‘The last heatwave in the UK caused 2,500 excess deaths.’

Deadly heat: the pleasantly terrifying Dr Fredi Otto talks extreme climate events

Dr Friederike Otto could not be more self-effacing and pleasant, answering obvious questions politely with patience and apparent interest. And yet the young Oxford professor of climate research is frankly...terrifying.
limiting free-trade agreements to fruits, vegetables, beans, pulses and nuts, could avoid the risks to diets and health that are linked to opening Britain to increased imports of cheap meats and high-calorie foods

Post-Brexit trade agreements could lead to unhealthier diets - Oxford study

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