Unlocking the carbon-capture potential of kelp forests
Marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) strategies, such as the use of kelp forests, are gaining traction as promising technologies to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. Cambridge’s research group has united with Stanford University, along with other universities in California (UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, UC Irvine), for an international collaboration researching mCDR. The Santa …
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Exploring water flow paths in Nepal
Sitting on the ridge top, looking over the expanse of rice paddies dotted with villages, and views down the valley for miles, it’s easy to be captivated by the rural landscape of Nepal. We’d come to the Melamchi Valley, a few hours outside Kathmandu, to continue fieldwork exploring spring flow paths and their implications for …
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From magma to magnets: a summer of fieldwork in Greenland investigating critical metal behaviour in alkaline intrusions
This summer Carrie Soderman, Owen Weller and Charlie Beard headed to Greenland to investigate how metals critical for green technologies form. Rare earth elements (REEs) are classed as ‘critical metals’ in modern society, meaning a group of metals and minerals that cannot be easily substituted in technology but whose supply is at risk. In particular, …
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Hidden Department: The Stables at Madingley Rise
Carol Williams, author of ‘Madingley Rise and Early Geophysics at Cambridge’ spent 25 years working as a researcher at Madingley Rise between 1965 and 1993. As part of our Hidden Department series, she delves into the history of The Stables. When Hugh, (later professor) Newall, the Astronomer, had Madingley Rise built in 1891 he naturally …
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