Ditching the car for walking or biking just one day a week cuts carbon footprint
Swapping the car for walking, cycling and e-biking even just one day a week makes a significant impact on personal carbon emissions in cities.
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Climate experts challenge UK institutions over role of carbon offsetting
Cutting carbon is a priority, but a new briefing by climate experts suggest universities and colleges must decide how to treat ‘unavoidable’ emissions
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Imperial experts join MPs and industry to debate Resources and Waste Strategy
Imperial experts joined MPs, industry leaders and other officials to debate the future of the government's Resources and Waste Strategy.
Kombucha-inspired microbial mixture lets scientists create 'living materials'
Imperial and MIT researchers have made smart living materials by engineering microbes to detect and react to their environment.
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The top green resolutions to make for 2021
After a year of flooding, bush fires and record temperatures Grantham Institute suggests the best low-carbon new year commitments to make for 2021.
10 times Imperial made us smile in 2020
This year has been far from typical, but Imperial College London has created some rainbows amongst the clouds.
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7 optimistic environmental stories from this year
This year, we saw large strides in combating one of the greatest issues of our time – climate change.
Ice sheet uncertainties could mean sea level will rise more than predicted
Sea level could rise higher than current estimates by 2100 if climate change is unchallenged, according to a new assessment.
Exploring the opportunities of solar fuels for a clean energy future
Imperial researchers are playing a leading role in the development of a global roadmap for solar fuels.
Silica the best environmental alternative to plastic microbeads, finds study
Following bans on plastic microbeads in wash-off cosmetics, a new study weighs up the environmental costs of alternatives.
