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A beach covered in discarded plastic bottles.

Oxford researchers comment on the plastic waste crisis for Earth Day 2024

Environment
Expert opinion
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Plastics
Policy
Social Sciences
Sustainability
Amazonia's Fire Crises: Study shows emergency fire bans are insufficient and urges strategic action ahead of the next burning season

New study on Amazonia's fire crises urges action ahead of the next burning season

Climate
Climate change
Conservation
Environment
Policy
True Planet
A bat with very large ears, perched on a rock face.

Study shows that island bats are valuable allies for farmers

Biology
Conservation
Environment
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
A great tit bird holding on to a hanging bird feeder filled with peanuts.

More social birds are more adventurous feeders, study finds

Biology
Environment
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
Close up of a Bombus terrestris, the buff-tailed bumblebee, feeding on a thistle-like purple flowerhead.

Study finds that bees need food up to a month earlier than provided by recommended pollinator plants

Biology
Conservation
Environment
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Research
Science
Sustainability
Close up of a wooden bowl containing hazelnut shells: the debris after the nuts are removed

Seeing the wood for the trees: using hazelnuts to reconstruct ancient woodlands

Environment
History
Research
Science
Social Sciences
Aerial view of Oxford city centre

New scholarship will empower students to tackle the biggest challenges of our time

Climate change
Community
Education
Environment
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University
A row of three wooden blocks on a wooden table. The cubes show icons relating to CO2, US dollars and carbon offsetting solutions. A hand reaches down to pick up a cube showing an icon of a hand holding a growing seedling.

Oxford researchers launch updated carbon offsetting principles

Climate
Climate change
Environment
Policy
Social Sciences
A plate with a world map incorporated into the centre. Either side is a knife and a fork.

Fixing the broken food system would unlock trillions of dollars in benefits, study finds

Environment
Policy
Research
Social Sciences
Sustainability
A spread of plant-based foods including flat breads, tomatoes, spring onions, oranges, carrots, blueberries, and garlic. In the foreground, two hands hold a bowl of lentil curry with tofu.

Expert Comment: Why Veganuary: The environmental benefits of a low and no meat diet

Environment
Expert opinion
Sustainability

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