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PhD Studentship: Power networks for the future of aviation and shipping

2018

Aviation and shipping are currently lagging behind other transport sectors in efforts to decarbonise. However, there are opportunities to reduce their fossil fuel use whilst in ports and airports through connection to decarbonised power networks. This project will characterise the scale of emission reduction potential and implications for power network planning and management through case studies of technologies and sites.

Climate change risk for half of plant and animal species in biodiversity hot-spots

2018

Up to half of plant and animal species in the world’s most naturally rich areas, such as the Amazon and the Galapagos, could face local extinction by the turn of the century due to climate change if carbon emissions continue to rise unchecked.

The Amazon, Miombo Woodlands in Southern Africa, and south-west Australia are among the most affected places in the world, according to new research.

Become a climate communication hero in 2018 in six easy steps

Did your New Year Resolutions include something new to continue to make a professional difference to the world? Publish more? Flyless? Complete your PhD? Can I suggest one more professional pledge, that you engage the public more? You have something exciting and important to say to the world. You really do. I know this because I've been helping researchers communicate for nearly 20 years.

The Research Year Ahead 2018

Dear Colleagues, I wish you a successful year for 2018 and thank you all for your contributions to the life and dynamism of the Tyndall Centre for both the old year and the new one. And if you are reading this as a visitor to our website. First, welcome to the Tyndall Centre and thank you for visiting. Second, please do contact us with your insights and ideas on how the Tyndall Centre can continue to make a valuable difference.

Tyndall Director helps French President Make The Planet Great Again

2017

The Director of the Tyndall Centre, Prof. Corinne Le Quéré, Chaired the International Panel that helped French President Emmanuel Macron 'Make The Planet Great Again', an invitation to climate scientists to continue their work in France, following the decision of US President Donald Trump to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement.

Carbon budgets for limiting global temperature to 1.5 °C

2017

Detlef Van Vurren and colleagues at PBL Netherlands have written this Briefing Note to summarise the knowledge of emissions pathways and energy transitions in the model scenarios that strive to achieve the 1.5°C of the Paris Agreement as part of our work for the UK Government Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

Tyndall social science research is very highly cited

2017

Several Tyndall researchers have been named as among the most highly cited in the world, including social scientists from the University of East Anglia and Cardiff University.

Research reveals China’s reversing emission flows

2017

The flow of China’s carbon emissions has reversed according to new research led by scientists at the University of East Anglia.