http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/ Cabot Institute news en-gb Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:58:18 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss cabot-enquiries@bristol.ac.uk Lisa.Hill@bristol.ac.uk http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/web/terms-conditions.html 60 Search news archive by keyword news_text http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/news-results.html /cabot/news/ /cabot/images/cabot-rss.jpg http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/326.html Images taken from space have indicated that some of the world’s unmonitored volcanoes may not be as peaceful as we might like to think. Satellite radar has shown that the surfaces of a number of volcanoes within the East African Rift are deforming – inflating and deflating. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:19:13 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/326.html News http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/325.html Bristol is celebrating after it was revealed as the winner of a hotly contested international competition to be European Green Capital in 2015. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:20:00 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/325.html News http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/324.html The University of Bristol’s efforts to be environmentally friendly and ethical are first class, according to a new league table which ranks it as one of the greenest universities in the country. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:55:00 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/324.html News http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/323.html We are delighted to announce the fourth annual call for funding from the Cabot Institute.  A total of ~£20k is available under this call to pump-prime research bids, and for seminars, workshops and conferences.  Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:04:07 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/323.html News http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/322.html Flood risk is projected to increase in humid areas in Asia and Africa and decrease in most regions of Europe except the UK and northern France by the end of this century, according to a new model published today in Nature Climate Change. Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:40:00 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/322.html News http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/320.html A tri-university project entitled ‘The Power and the Water: Connecting Pasts with Futures’, led by Professor Peter Coates of the Department of Historical Studies, has been awarded £836,000 by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:40:00 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/320.html News http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/319.html A working group, established by BBSRC's Food Security Strategy Advisory Panel, has made recommendations for a 5-year Strategy to help shape BBSRC funded wheat research and comments are invited from the Cabot Institute community. Fri, 31 May 2013 10:19:52 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/319.html News http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/317.html Policy-makers and the off-setting industry worldwide need to re-think the idea that planting trees can offset carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, says an international study published today in Nature Climate Change. Fri, 31 May 2013 08:44:50 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/317.html News http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/318.html Humans, like other animals, compare things. We care not only how well off we are, but whether we are better or worse off than others around us, or than we were last year. New research by scientists at the University of Bristol shows that such comparisons can give individuals an evolutionary advantage. Thu, 30 May 2013 08:50:00 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/318.html News http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/315.html An ambitious scientific project which aims to transform Bristol’s urban environment for pollinating insects, while making Bristol more attractive for residents and visitors, has been shortlisted for this year's Bristol Genius Award. Fri, 17 May 2013 14:19:44 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/315.html News http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/314.html Melting glaciers account for one third of observed sea level rise, according to a new study published today in Science. Thu, 16 May 2013 14:15:00 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/314.html News http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/313.html Cabot Institute members Tamsin Edwards, Willy Aspinall and Jonathan Bamber are amongst some of the world's leading researchers from the ice2sea programme led by the British Antarctic Survey to calculate the likely impact of melting ice on global sea levels. Thu, 16 May 2013 10:24:29 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/313.html News http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/312.html Hundreds of beautiful images from a collection of very rare and extremely valuable atlases dating from 1574 to the 1970s have been made available online for the first time, thanks to a project at the University of Bristol. Thu, 16 May 2013 09:27:08 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/312.html News http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/311.html Limiting the amount of warming experienced by the world's oceans in the future could buy some time for tropical coral reefs, say researchers from the University of Bristol. Tue, 14 May 2013 10:27:02 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2013/311.html News http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2012/310.html The University of Bristol has today [13 May] announced it will be working in partnership with a Government research agency to help ensure vital research into the environment, food security and animal welfare is communicated and utilised by policy makers. Mon, 13 May 2013 15:24:34 +0000 http://www.bris.ac.uk/cabot/news/2012/310.html News