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Scientists urge for a biodiversity ‘safety net’

by Elsa Tarring• 5th November 2020

Newcastle professor Phillip McGowan on board to assess new UN Biodiversity goals....

Rope bridge to reconnect trees for critically endangered gibbons

by Elizabeth Meade• 1st November 2020

Elizabeth Meade reports on a rope bridge installed in Hong Kong's New Territories to counter the effects of deforestation on endangered Hainan gibbons...

Is planting a tree really helpful?

by Elizabeth Meade• 23rd March 2020

Elizabeth Meade debates whether planting a tree is really the best thing for the environment....

New study to investigate traffic’s impact on hedgehogs

by Elizabeth Meade• 23rd March 2020

Elizabeth Meade on a study from NTU on the impact of traffic on hedgehogs...

S-pacific ecology projects gain lecturer charity patron status

by Ruby Bartholomew• 15th October 2019

The environmental conservation educational charity Another Way has recently appointed Dr Alan Jamieson of Newcastle University as its first patron. Dr Jamieson, of the School of...

Beluga whale spy: Licence to krill?

by Lily Holbrook• 15th May 2019

It’s something that you might read about in a sci-fi book. It’s safe to say a mysterious harnessed beluga whale isn’t something you’d expect to see every day. But, for a...

The ideal plant

by editor• 24th February 2019

The Salk Institute in the US has been working on an intriguingly clever idea to combat global warming: modified plants that absorb excess CO2 from the atmosphere...