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If you've been following the Olympics, you may have heard the claim that Paris 2024 is the most sustainable edition of the event in history.
But what does that mean for food at the Olympics?
Check out this deep dive on the Paris Food Vision: https://t.co/xmli93XEyt
Millions of Britons could miss out on the benefits of falling prices for electric vehicles because they live in “charging-point deserts” warns ECI expert. @_chris_brand_ @TSUOxford@UniofOxford@ipapernews
https://t.co/9Ti2uxGuD9
Cheaper EVs could be pointless for millions in charge-point black spots. ECI's @_chris_brand_ "There is a real risk of creating a postcode lottery where access to charging points varies significantly across regions."
https://t.co/AED6z7eP0S
ECI's ecological economist @KateRaworth offers a framework to guide global development, government policy, and corporate strategy in the 21st century.
‘Doughnut economics’: 4 questions for industry leaders https://t.co/CqZFanm7yx
Our @NatureRecovery ecologists busy at Gibbets Close Nature Reserve today, just outside Oxford, looking at how invertebrate biodiversity and energetics change as farmland is left to revert naturally back to woodland
Job alert!
We are looking for a Geospatial Researcher to work in @NatureRecovery at the Environmental Change Institute.
Find out more ⬇️
https://t.co/j8RxEsuQb9
You can watch recordings of all our Nature Seminar Series lectures on our YouTube channel. With over 50 to choose from you'll be sure to learn something new! https://t.co/ZfH3VbHxCX
@ecioxford@OxfordBiology@oxfordgeography@OxfordSparks
“AI can be a double-edged sword. It can be a powerful tool for climate action... but the infrastructure needed to run AI is energy- and resource-intensive.” ECI DPhil student Felippa Amanta in @EcoWatch https://t.co/vKzNiEM9Sw
El Niño and La Niña: The climate phenomenon behind the extreme weather in 2024
ECI climate scientist Dr Neven Fučkar “I hope that La Niña will develop quickly and dampen global warming. But that’s not certain, it’s a very noisy system.”
https://t.co/TZgmzGmWUJ
Fossil-fuel phaseout 'too late' to meet aviation industry's net-zero goals. ECI's Prof Myles Allen tells a panel at the Farnborough International Airshow, we need to go way beyond carbon reduction and seriously back carbon removal. @OxfordNetZero
https://t.co/IjIKQ9lA9q
Very happy to share our latest discovery "Global atmospheric methane uptake by upland tree woody surfaces" from the pages of @Nature. To summarise, upland trees are better for climate than we thought and are a new sink term in the methane budget.
https://t.co/rV9l14LvYL
Researchers at the ECI and @unibirmingham have discovered tree bark surfaces play an important role in removing methane gas from the atmosphere. ECI multidisciplinary collaboration of ecosystems and climate scientists. @ymalhi@OxfordPhysics@GauciGauci
https://t.co/fkXK0ifOJJ
Climate change and geopolitical trade tensions threaten world trade flows. Thanks to @Esri's support, online platform PortWatch was set up by @IMFNews and @ecioxford to assess the domestic and international trade impact of actual and future disruptions.
https://t.co/9WYMPuICXw
A machine learning model capable of both accurate weather predictions and climate simulations is presented in Nature this week. ECI's Dr Neven Fučkar is encouraged by the development. @Nature
https://t.co/xnxOtEYBg1
As the Amazon loses trees, thinning out the canopy, it's less able to shade vegetation from scorching sunlight and hold on to moisture making the rainforest drier and more flammable. ECI's Dr Berenguer tells @sjdailystar @Erika_Berenguer
https://t.co/DcvxKbGBNk
How supporting those in ill-protected flood zones helps everyone in the long term - study by ECI scientist Prof Jim Hall published in Nature. @ProfJimHall@OPSIS_Oxford@Nature
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https://t.co/mCXbPk13s3