Mediterranean wildfires - we must seize the opportunities to change our urban and rural environments
The current wildfires in the Mediterranean region are far more expansive than usual. Logically, they are a consequence of climate change – prolonged drier periods, increased air temperatures and the resultant stronger, warmer, drier winds.
Electric cars could make the roads safer – here’s how
Traffic-related fatalities are the eighth leading cause of death for people of all ages. Both because of the way they are driven and the mechanics inside them, electric vehicles could play an important role in making our roads safer.
How artificial intelligence can help transform the global food sector
Last week we celebrated World Food Day, a global call to action against hunger and malnutrition. Artificial Intelligence may not seem relevant to the food industry, but it could transform the sector.
Peat bogs: restoring them could slow climate change – and revive a forgotten world
Peatlands were once widespread throughout the UK but their place in history has now largely been forgotten. Most of the debate around using natural habitats to draw down carbon from the atmosphere concerns planting trees and reforestation, some ecologists argue that a far better solution lies in restoring the peatlands that people have spent centuries draining and destroying.
Understanding the principles of planetary health
Ella Kissi-Debrah died in London in February 2013, aged only nine years old, having been unwell with respiratory disease requiring multiple hospital admissions for several years.
Why political decision-making is failing our urban green spaces
Green spaces in city neighbourhoods are critical for wellbeing. Policymakers know this, which is why they put local authorities under pressure to keep parks and green spaces open during lockdown. However, there is a large gap between what this research shows should be done to maximise the benefits of urban green space, and what is actually put in place in cities.
Sheffield Hallam University makes global pledge to take climate action
The University has joined a global campaign to commit to climate action to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050
Hallam hosts inaugural Climate Leaders’ Conference
Sheffield Hallam University’s Institute of Education has hosted the first Climate Leaders’ Conference for education leaders to act on climate change, sustainability and biodiversity
Sheffield Hallam part of 10-year commitment to nature recovery
Sheffield Hallam University has signed a new agreement to continue one of the biggest conservation and nature recovery projects in the area
Sheffield Hallam researchers install first of its kind energy harnessing playground in India
Working with local project partners, researchers from Sheffield Hallam University have designed and installed the first of its kind energy harnessing playground that stimulates crop growth as children play and learn.