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A team of astronomers and earth scientists from Cambridge have found that Venus has never been habitable, despite decades of speculation that our closest planetary neighbour was once much more like Earth than it is today. The researchers studied the chemical composition of the Venusian atmosphere and inferred that its...

Kelp, a type of large brown seaweed that grows in underwater forests, plays an important role in marine ecosystems, providing habitat and food for various marine life. The seaweed grows rapidly, drawing carbon dioxide into its tissues through photosynthesis to be later buried on the seafloor. Because kelp grows much faster...

As the UN meets this week to finalise the Global Plastics Treaty, researchers warn that the agreement could fail to address one of the biggest threats to marine environments—microplastics. Even if global production and pollution of new plastic is drastically reduced, scientists, writing in the journal Nature Communications...

The Department of Earth Sciences is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a series of new PhD studentships, starting from October 2025. The new Cambridge Research Experience and Advanced Training for Environmental Scientists ( CREATES ) Doctoral Landscape Award (DLA) unites the University of Cambridge and the British...