BP’s climate goals – do they go far enough?
It’s not often that environmental campaigners find themselves siding with the CEO of one of the world’s largest mining firms.
It’s not often that environmental campaigners find themselves siding with the CEO of one of the world’s largest mining firms.
Researchers from The George Institute for Global Health at the University of Oxford have found that while having high cholesterol levels does not influence your risk of aortic or mitral valve regurgitation, it does increase your risk of developing another major heart valve disease - aortic stenosis.
Egypt, Algeria and Republic of South Africa are the African countries most at risk for coronavirus COVID-19 importation in the continent, due to high air traffic with the contaminated Chinese provinces. But these countries are also among the best equipped on the continent to quickly detect and deal with new cases.
Submit your ‘runaway solution’ to global warming for a chance to win €1000 and pitch your winning idea to the Post-Carbon Transition team.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is calling for a shift towards “nature-positive economy”, but will it own the role of big business in the climate and nature crisis and ensure the radical economic transformation needed?
The Oxford Martin School is deeply saddened by the death of Professor Steve Rayner, following a long illness.
A new exhibition tells the story of Oxford’s role in the fight against typhoid, from pioneering efforts to eliminate typhoid in the era of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland to game-changing present-day vaccine trials.
There is currently an outbreak of a pneumonia of unknown etiology in Wuhan, China.
Professor Steve Rayner, James Martin Professor of Science and Civilization and Lead Researcher on three current Oxford Martin School programmes, has been announced as the winner of the 2020 Paradigm Award by the Breakthrough Institute.
New Scientist magazine approached our team to get involved with their small Veganuary ‘experiment’. I was excited! Their idea was to ‘self-experiment’ and for some of their staff to try a vegan diet for a week.
Professor Sarah Whatmore, FBA, has been made a dame in the New Year Honours for services to the study of environmental policy.
Researchers from the LEAP (Livestock, Environment and People) project, based at the Oxford Martin School, have lent their expertise to an experiment by journalists at the New Scientist, who wanted to see first-hand whether a short period without eating animal products could benefit personal health and that of the planet.
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