News
Conserve now or pay later? New study compares floodplain protection today to predicted future flood losses
9 December 2019
A new study by scientists from The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the University of Bristol and flood analytics company Fathom, seeks to answer an important question related to flooding in the United States – pay now to protect undeveloped areas that are likely to flood in the future or allow developments to go ahead and pay for damage when it occurs.
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Developing early-warnings for hazardous space weather using soil moisture sensing technology
10 December 2019
A new UKRI/NERC project will investigate the use of cosmic-ray soil moisture sensing technology to help develop early-warnings for hazardous space weather events affecting critical UK infrastructure.
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New paper explains technologies and scientific advances needed to track progress of methane levels in the atmosphere
10 December 2019
Understanding what influences the amount of methane in the atmosphere has been identified by the American Geophysical Union to be one of the foremost challenges in the earth sciences in the coming decades because of methane’s hugely important role in meeting climate warming targets.
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Bristol's Smart Internet Lab partners with Ben-Gurion University
10 December 2019
The University of Bristol’s Smart Internet Lab has formalised an agreement to collaborate with the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel on research and education in Telecommunications Networks, Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence.
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Conserve now or pay later? New study compares floodplain protection today to predicted future flood losses
9 December 2019
A new study by scientists from The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the University of Bristol and flood analytics company Fathom, seeks to answer an important question related to flooding in the United States – pay now to protect undeveloped areas that are likely to flood in the future or allow developments to go ahead and pay for damage when it occurs.
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Celebrating sustainability: growing our campus tree cover
6 December 2019
The University of Bristol has pledged to plant 1,600 trees in 2020 as part of its continued effort to take action on climate change.
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Twenty Bristol academics named in Highly Cited Researchers 2019 list
4 December 2019
The Highly Cited Researchers 2019 list recognised 20 University of Bristol researchers reaching the highest sphere of influence in research.
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Sounds of the past give new hope for coral reef restoration
3 December 2019
Young fish can be drawn to degraded coral reefs by loudspeakers playing the sounds of healthy reefs, according to new research published today [29 November] in Nature Communications.
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Sustainable Futures online course wins national Green Gown award
27 November 2019
The University of Bristol’s Sustainable Futures open online course has won this year’s Green Gown Award in the Next Generation Learning and Skills category.
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Bristol academics elevated to Fellows of the IEEE
27 November 2019
Two University of Bristol academics have been elevated to Fellows of the world’s largest and most prestigious professional association for the advancement of technology.
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Changes in oxygen concentrations in our ocean can disrupt fundamental biological cycles
25 November 2019
New research led by scientists at the University of Bristol has shown that the feedback mechanisms that were thought to keep the marine nitrogen cycle relatively stable over geological time can break down when oxygen levels in the ocean decline significantly.
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