It’s very easy to assume climate change causes droughts, but they are complex extreme events that result from a combination of drivers.
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From Winston Churchill to the Industrial Strategy Commission: laying down the markers for success.
It’s the end of the world (order) as we know it.
A rising generation of young people are growing up in peril.
They’re not just about aliens and moon landings.
The workload is huge. So how is the civil service doing at preparing for the changes ahead?
The latest research shows that polarisation of audiences varies widely even in countries with a similar access to new technology.
Must the money raised to save wildlife always aid the most popular animals? New research suggests that marketing can persuade donors that northern hairy-nosed wombat lives matter too.
Proposed new laws will restrict parole and bail to those merely associated in some way with terrorism, even when they have not be arrested for – or convicted of – a specific terrorism offence.
With no identifiable body parts, it’s hard to know how these fossilized creatures lived. A new approach models how the ocean’s water would interact with their unique shapes – hinting at their lifestyle.
Mercury found in prehistoric rock bolsters the idea that volcanoes caused a mass extinction 200m years ago.
Intensified rice production in Cambodia’s dry season is wreaking havoc on local bird populations.
A man has been arrested after driving a van into worshippers near a mosque in north London.
Social media is not a drug. Yes it can have negative effects, but it has positive effects too.
The great Irish novelist saw himself as European first, Irish second. There’s a lesson in that for the UK.
Rolling coverage of the general election results from expert academics.
The world’s response to two terrorist incidents in Iran was telling, and ominous.
The Soviet ambassador to London showed that charm and contacts can trump espionage when it comes to gathering information.
Paying people for their organs can be viewed as coercive and exploitative, but there is a middle ground.
The revered novel’s enigmatic, modern heroine captivates and beguiles in a new blockbuster film adaptation.
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Departmental Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Oxford
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Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Forced Migration, University of Oxford
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Career Development Fellow in Engineering, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiology, University of Oxford
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Senior Researcher in Economics, University of Oxford
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Global Head of Wildlife Research, World Animal Protection, and Visiting Researcher, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Research assistant, Empire, Migration and Belonging, University of Oxford
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Heritage Partnerships Coordinator, University of Oxford
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Professor of Climate Science, University of Oxford
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Professor of Climate Economics and Policy, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
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Doctoral Researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
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Stipendiary Lecturer in Biology, University of Oxford
