Tag: University of East Anglia (UEA)

A new analysis of carbon emissions from the UK’s first megafire – the 2025 Dava Moor Fire in Scotland – suggests a shift in the risk of big, destructive, carbon-intensive wildfires in northern peatlands.  The fire’s exceptional size and intensity were made possible by climate conditions hot and dry enough that normally soggy soils can burn, releasing carbon trapped over millennia.   Over just four days, the Dava Moor Fire torched as much acreage as usually burns in an entire year in the UK. It charred roughly twice the area as…

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A vision to revitalise the Sainsbury Centre, one of the most popular art museums in the UK, has been made possible with a gift of £91.2 million from Lord David Sainsbury through Gatsby, his charitable foundation, representing one of the largest ever donations made to a UK museum.  Lord David Sainsbury said: “My father always regarded his commissioning of Norman Foster to produce the Sainsbury Centre as one of the best things he ever did, and it gives me great pleasure to provide the funding to enhance its future.”  The donation to the University of…

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Researchers have cautioned that well‑intended suggested changes to carbon markets risk worsening climate impacts if core safeguards are weakened. Climate change, biodiversity loss and human rights are deeply interconnected challenges, often sharing solutions that can deliver shared benefits. Responding to a recent comment article in the journal Nature Climate Change that calls for rethinking ‘additionality’ requirements in carbon markets to better recognise Indigenous stewardship and conservation, a group of scientists emphasise that disregarding this principle could lead to higher net carbon emissions, ecosystem degradation and increased social inequality – disproportionately…

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