Credit: Professor Stephen Willis
A continental-scale network of conservation sites is likely to remain effective under future climate change scenarios, despite a predicted shift in key species distributions.
New research, led by Durham University and published in the journal
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, investigates the impacts of potential climate change scenarios on the network of Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) across the Caribbean, and Central and South America.
The research was carried out in collaboration with Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, BirdLife International and the National Audubon Society.
IBAs are sites identified as being internationally important for the conservation of bird populations, with over 13,000 sites identified across 200 countries in the last 40 years. Many are covered by formal protected areas, while others are conserved by community-managed reserves or indigenous lands.
The principal of the University of St Andrews, Professor Sally Mapstone, has suggested that St Andrews should be allowed to join the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race.
Her remarks came after St Andrews, Scotland’s oldest seat of learning, relegated the University of Cambridge to third place in The Guardian University Guide for 2021 by their coming in second.
Professor Mapstone, who studied and taught at Oxford, and previously served as its Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Personnel and Equality, said: “It’s interesting to break the Oxbridge duopoly. Obviously, that gives me a particular pleasure.”
When speaking to The Saint, a student newspaper at St Andrews, Professor Mapstone added: “I have thought about suggesting that they turn the boat race into a three-way competition in future.”
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Swansea University scientists have uncovered potentially dangerous chemical pollutants that are released from disposable face masks when submerged in water.
The research reveals high levels of pollutants, including lead, antimony, and copper, within the silicon-based and plastic fibres of common disposable face masks.
The work is supported by the Institute for Innovative Materials, Processing and Numerical Technologies (IMPACT) and the SPECIFIC Innovation & Knowledge Centre
Project lead Dr Sarper Sarp of Swansea University College of Engineering said: All of us need to keep wearing masks as they are essential in ending the pandemic. But we also urgently need more research and regulation on mask production, so we can reduce any risks to the environment and human health .
Futuristic new university building for Derby
It has owned the land for three years
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How the new business school might look from Ford Street (Image: University of Derby)
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