A new £3.85 million study – led by the University of Stirling – is aiming to understand the public health risks and environmental impact of plastic pollution in developing countries. Click here to read more. Click here for the project page

Four new postdoctoral fellows have joined a research project partnership supporting marginalised communities in South Africa suffering from climate-change induced crises. Click here to read more. View the project page here.

A new £52,000 project funded as part of a NERC Urgent Call will investigate the response of European beech forests to an unprecedented extreme drought event that caused significant, and unexpected mortality and dieback across central Europe in 2019. Click here to read more. View the project page here.

A new study has identified the key components of ‘community resilience’ – and experts believe their findings will help to develop and enhance responses to extreme events. Click here to read more. View the project page here.