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Comment: Assisted coral evolution

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Liam Lachs, Dr Adriana Humanes and Dr James Guest, discuss how accelerating evolution could help corals survive future heatwaves.

Trait choice and selection key to helping corals survive heatwaves

Assisted evolution could help corals survive future heatwaves, but careful trait choice and strong repeated selection will be needed for it to be effective.

Newcastle University recognised with geography award

Newcastle University has been awarded the Highly Commended Geographical Association Publishers Award for its collaboration with Time for Geography, the UK’s open-access, dedicated video platform.

Newcastle expert highlights climate crisis in a new film

A leading Newcastle University climate scientist is featured in a new film about how the climate and nature breakdown will affect the UK.

Warming intensifies rainfall in North Atlantic storms

Rapid ocean warming is likely to make tropical cyclone rainfall more intense and longer lasting, increasing flood risks in parts of the North Atlantic region.

Comment: How eco‑dystopian novels from Asia and Africa push boundaries

Writing for The Conversation, Alastair Bonnett outlines some of his favourite eco-dystopian novels from China and Taiwan, Nigeria and India.