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Climate Change

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Green Week: 'every little helps' »

Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmare

More than 1,000 students took part in over thirty events during Green Week, an initiative co-ordinated by the Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA) to raise awareness on climate change and “effect real changes in people’s lives ...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Guy Robertson | Read more »

Met Office issues strongest warning yet on climate change »

Climate change blamed for diminishing ice sheets

The UK’s largest environmental services provider has issued its strongest warning yet on climate change, in the lead up to the UN climate conference in December. Research from the Met Office's Hadley Centre warns a three per cent cut on global e...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Demian Hobby | Read more »

Edinburgh named UK's greenest city »

Edinburgh's winning greenery

For the third year running, Edinburgh has ranked first in a poll of the UK's greenest cities, providing the best quality of life for its residents and the lowest pollution levels. The capital’s results score above Glasgow, who came in eleventh ou...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Alice Stanes | Read more »

Green as I say, not as I do »

John Swinney

SNP minister John Swinney has been slated by opposition MSPs for environmental hypocrisy after he used his ministerial car for a journey of 200 metres. As the Scottish Government Minister for Finance and Sustainable Growth, Mr Swinney has overall ...

Fri 15 Feb 2008 by Helen Walker | Read more »

Antarctic lake study could shed light on the origins of life »

Glacier

Research conducted by a University of Edinburgh professor on a sub-glacial lake in Antarctica may hold clues to the origins of life. Dr Ross and three fellow researchers are investigating Lake Ellsworth, located 3.2km below Antarctica’s western ...

Fri 15 Feb 2008 by Cameron Robinson | Read more »

Heriot-Watt recieves controversial oil company donation »

Heriot-Watt University

Computer software valued at $35 million has been donated to Heriot-Watt University's Institute of Petroleum Engineering. The reservoir-modelling software, donated by Norwegian oil and gas technology firm Roxar, will be used in research that will...

Fri 15 Feb 2008 by Neil Bennet | Read more »

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