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Environment Institute 2014 Highlights

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Professor Peter Ward appointed Director of Sprigg Geobiology Centre

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The 70's are over. Leading environmental scientists worldwide support Nuclear energy

"Based on an objective and transparent analysis of our sustainable energy choices, we have come to the evidence-based conclusion that nuclear energy is a good option for biodiversity conservation (and society in general) and that other alternatives to fossil fuels should be subjected to the same cost–benefit analyses (in terms of biodiversity and climate outcomes, as well as sociopolitical imperatives) before accepting or dismissing them. We conclude that large-scale nuclear power—as a route to an electrified, oil-, gas- and coal-free economy—offers a positive way forward because it provides a low-risk pathway to eliminating the fossil-fuel dependencies, global energy poverty, and wealth imbalances that rank among the major forces driving today's biodiversity crisis. At the very least, nuclear power needs to be considered seriously, alongside renewable sources of energy such as wind and solar power, in any robust sustainable energy mix for the future."With publication of the research, Professor Corey Bradshaw and Barry Brook along with the 60+ signatories of the open letter urge the environmental community to "weigh up the pros and cons of different energy sources using objective evidence and pragmatic trade-offs, rather than simply relying on idealistic perceptions of what is ‘green’."

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Podcast. Hominids on holiday: an interview with Professor Katherine Freeman

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Dingos could increase profit margin for farmers

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Vodcast: Survivors: the animals and plants that time has left behind. Richard Fortey

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Shipping under focus in the Gulf

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Burning the midnight oil - conservation of orang-utans, tigers and elephants in Malaysia: public lecture by Melvin Gumal

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Science in the Pub. The bees knees: The importance of pollinators and their recent decline

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Vodcast: Interactions between climate change and biological invasions - Franck Courchamp

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