Tracing the history of farming in the Amazon

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A geographer from Northumbria University, Newcastle is leading on a £340,000 research project to examine how ancient civilisations in one of the most remote and inhospitable areas of the Amazon farmed their land. Dr Bronwen Whitney, a senior lecturer in physical geography, is an expert in historic environmental changes, particularly in South and Central America. …

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Study examines the impact of thawing frozen carbon on the Arctic Ocean

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A major investigation into the impact of thawing permafrost and the subsequent release of frozen carbon on coastlines in the Siberian Arctic has been announced today (Tuesday 3 July). The UK Natural Environment Research Council and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research have joined forces for the first time to launch their £8 million …

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