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Newcastle engineer awarded £3m to help tackle climate crisis

Dr Sharon Velasquez Orta has been awarded a Green Futures Fellowship by the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Comment: Jane Austen's Christmas - dances and dangerous games

Writing for The Conversation, Meg Kobza discusses festive traditions such as dancing, dinner parties and dangerous games that Jane Austen took part in.

Warmer ocean currents destabilise ice sheets, driving retreat

New research reveals how ocean warming triggered the large-scale retreat of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS) - offering vital clues for understanding its modern-day vulnerability.