28 July 2021
University of Birmingham experts are part of a new research programme investigating how air pollutants in indoor spaces such as homes, schools and workplaces can adversely affect human health.
22 July 2021
One of the largest and most important finds of exquisitely preserved Jurassic echinoderms – spiny-skinned marine animals such as starfish and sea urchins has been excavated at a secret site in the Cotswolds.
09 July 2021
More needs to be done to reduce UKs plastic recycling crisis as alternatives need to be find other than shipping the problem
08 July 2021
Software to help towns and cities use street-planting to reduce citizens' exposure to air pollution has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham.
07 July 2021
An international team of scientists has used high-powered X-rays to show how an extinct dinosaur breathed.
16 June 2021
Experts from the University of Birmingham have contributed to a major review of climate risk in the UK, produced by the Climate Change Committee.
10 June 2021
Inaccessible workplaces, normative departmental cultures and 'ableist' academic systems have all contributed to the continued underrepresentation and exclusion of disabled researchers in the Geosciences.
08 June 2021
UK families living with a member's insecure immigration status and threat of deportation, face extreme and wide-ranging harm, according to new research.
08 June 2021
An international expedition has tested whether an intense global warming episode 56 million years ago was caused by unusual volcanic activity in the North Atlantic has been launched by the University of Birmingham.
30 April 2021
An article published in the journal Nature Geoscience has highlighted the shocking under-representation of students from ethnic minority backgrounds in the Geosciences.
28 April 2021
Is forest harvesting increasing in Europe? Yes, but not as much as reported last July in a controversial study published in Nature.
22 April 2021
Substantial cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions could be achieved by raising water levels in agricultural peatlands, according to a new study in the journal Nature.