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The ongoing loss of bird species is likely to have severe knock-on effects as their unique roles in ecosystems are not fulfilled, shows a new study.

Oxford researchers have recorded the wettest month in Oxford in 250 years at the Radcliffe Meteorological Station.

The European Space Agency's Plato satellite, which will search for Earth-like planets orbiting the habitable zone of stars, is a step closer to launch after a UCL-led team delivered key electronics for the mission.

Driving the development of sustainable coatings, by understanding the fundamentals of how paint works Paints are a crucial material, integral to prolonging the lifespan of products from cars to wind turbines.

The M4 wave energy converter, developed by Professor Peter Stansby at The University of Manchester, has been successfully launched in Albany, Australia.

A species of tropical tree snail is no longer extinct in the wild following a successful reintroduction project.

Academics at Cardiff University have kicked off new research about sustainability in sport by seeking the views of Dragons RFC supporters.

In an era of increasing environmental awareness, the reliance on petroleum-based products extends far beyond fuel, permeating our daily lives in plastics, medicines, and food products.

Energy inefficiency and inability to downsize pose even bigger threat to low-income pensioners than loss of Winter Fuel Payments, study suggests The UK Government's policy to scrap Winter Fuel Payments could disproportionately affect low-income pensioners in England, new analysis suggests.

To raise awareness about climate change, a UCL researcher teamed up with one of the most popular mobile games, updating it to show science-based predictions of what will happen to Earth after a century of global warming.

The real world was brought into the laboratory on a scale never seen before, for an experiment where over 100 people were tracked walking through a custom-built network of moveable 'walls', in a UCL-led research project investigating how people move through spaces. The project attracted participation from professionals in architecture, hospitals, transport, AI, property, video game design, dance, and museums.

Antarctica's rapidly receding sea ice could have a negative impact on the food supply of seabirds that breed hundreds of miles away from the continent.

Personal carbon footprint of the rich is vastly underestimated by rich and poor alike, study finds The personal carbon footprint of the richest people in society is grossly underestimated, both by the rich themselves and by those on middle and lower incomes, no matter which country they come from. At the same time, both the rich and the poor drastically overestimate the carbon footprint of the poorest people.

Scientists are calling for the public to help save endangered Welsh bees by registering bee sightings, helping to protect precious pollinators in Wales.

Professor Ian Hamilton (UCL Energy Institute), with colleagues from Australian universities, cast a critical eye across the quality and condition of the Australian housing stock and the policies that govern it in The Conversation.

A new law aimed at the protection of migratory fish in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands will harm thousands of local and Indigenous fishers, and puts the environment at greater risk from infrastructure development, finds a new study by a UCL researcher and collaborators in Brazil.

Water quality in the River Wye catchment will not improve by focusing solely on managing the level of phosphate in the water, a new study shows. The chemical, which finds its way into the river from a range of sources, has been linked to a perceived increase in frequency and severity of algal blooms, which are harmful to the river's ecology, wildlife, and those using the river for fishing and swimming.

New postcode-searchable website illustrates the dangers of future UK heatwaves, where overnight temperatures will rarely dip below 25°C The blistering temperatures of future heatwaves in the UK have

An international team of scientists, including researchers from the University of Glasgow, has launched a new Atlas of Ungulate Migration.

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Seirian Sumner (UCL Biosciences) explains where all the wasps have gone this summer and invites people to record insects, including wasps, that they see in flower patches as part of the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme.

Cold water swimming is growing in popularity amongst women, but more support is needed to make many wild swimming sites in the UK safer and more accessible, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The research, published in Women's Health , explored the habits of women who enjoy cold water swimming and was carried out in collaboration with researchers from the University of Portsmouth, University of Sussex, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, University of Plymouth and Bournemouth University.

A rock formation spanning Ireland and Scotland may be the world's most complete record of "snowball Earth", a crucial moment in planetary history when the globe was covered in ice, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

A new construction biomaterial that uses living microorganisms to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has been developed by a UCL graduate student and colleagues.