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Opportunity: Two senior social science research posts fully funded for 5 years

December 1, 2020

The aim of DeepDCarb (‘the democratic challenge of deep decarbonization’) is to interrogate the evolving relationship between politicians, citizens/voters and other actors such as business in a uniquely detailed and comparative manner.

Digital innovations can help consumers lower their carbon emissions

November 25, 2020

Digital innovations offer consumers more control, choice, convenience, flexibility and interconnectedness. They also have potential climate benefits, shows a review led by Charlie Wilson of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia.

Opportunity: Research Associate in Business and Plastics, University of Manchester

November 16, 2020

Tyndall Manchester is looking for a Research Associate to join its NERC-funded ‘One Bin to Rule Them All’ project. This 3-year role is an exciting opportunity to design and pilot novel circular-economy business models with potential to scale up new companies in the area of plastic packaging.

Tyndall Talks: Tyndall Centre's podcast series

November 12, 2020

The Tyndall Centre is now live on Spotify, iTunes, and Amazon Music! Follow us for our podcast series where we untangle questions and discussions on climate science and climate policies.

New app allows users to explore how global warming changes their cities’ climate

November 10, 2020

Developed by EarthSystemData Ltd with the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia (UEA), the free to download ‘ESD Research’ app enables anyone anywhere to access the latest temperature and rainfall projections from six of the world's most scientifically respected climate models.

Renewable energy can create up to 150,000 new UK jobs, six times more than nuclear electricity, 75% long-term

October 7, 2020

Wider adoption of renewable electricity can lead to 150,000 jobs by 2030 in the UK power sector, according to a new study by Theodoros Arvanitopoulos of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia and Paolo Agnolucci, Associate Professor at University College London’s Bartlett School.

Bioenergy benefits better than burning rice straw

September 28, 2020

There is a huge opportunity to generate energy from agricultural wastes – one opportunity of which is rice straw. About 6 tons of straw are produced for every 4 tons of rice grain, amounting to more than 700 million tons of rice straw every year.

Impacts of climate change occur at lower temperatures than previously thought, new review finds

September 23, 2020

A new review of climate research has found that risks from climate related impacts, such as droughts, heatwaves and coral bleaching events occur at lower temperature increases than previously thought.

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