🌋 Geographers at the University of Sheffield have developed novel techniques for monitoring volcanic gases, providing vital data for diagnosing activity and eruption forecasting.
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📢 Aberystwyth University developed a 'Mindfulness Based Behavioural Insights and Decision Making (MBBI)' training programme, informing the practices of the Welsh public sector and other UK organisations
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🦠 University of Brighton research has reduced human health risk from diseases such as cholera and Ebola in regions of Africa, Asia and South America through the development of low-cost, lime-based treatments of waste.
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🗺️ Researchers at UCL and the British Geological Survey have mapped the volume of groundwater reserves in Africa. This research has helped support modelling by the Ugandan Ministry of Water to manage water resources.
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🍳 Research by geographers at Loughborough University @lborouniversity has helped to shift the global focus on electricity provision for Sustainable Development Goal 7 from technical innovation to ‘contextual approaches’.
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10 Oct 2025
🐟 Research undertaken at the Hull International Fisheries Institute (HIFI) has shaped key UK policies aimed at the conservation of fish species and the protection of fish populations impacted by water-resource management.
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🏬 Durham University research has directly shaped the UN-Habitat’s approach to urban climate governance through the development of the UN’s Guiding Principles for City Climate Action Planning and toolkit.
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🧮 Durham University @durham_uni research has advised and held to account UK public authorities in their implementation of algorithmic biometric technologies.
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Did you know the Polar Museum @scottpolar is the UK's only museum dedicated to the Arctic and Antarctica?
Since 2013, it has shared the findings of the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) in engaging and accessible ways. Learn more: rgs.org/about-us/what-is-geo…
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28 Mar 2025
🏙️Research from @cardiffuni has steered the United Nations’ (UN) efforts to understand key urban trends and promote more sustainable urban development in ex-socialist nations.
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🦊University of Brighton research has developed new understanding of human-carnivore relationships and promoted coexistence between humans and wild carnivores in Africa and the UK.
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28 Feb 2025
📲 Researchers at the University of Oxford analysed the geography of digital labour markets around the planet, revealing four shared concerns: bargaining power, economic inclusion, intermediated value chains, and ‘upgrading’ of work.
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14 Feb 2025
🌊 @durham_uni research on how diffuse pollution is connected across river catchments has been used to improve catchment management by a wide range of regulatory bodies, NGOs, and user groups in England, Wales and overseas.
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🌍 Research by geographers at the University of Southampton has enhanced the European Space Agency's (ESA) and European Commission’s (EC) capability to monitor global vegetation from space.
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👥 University of Manchester research brought decision-makers fresh perspectives and new insights on how to adapt to the impacts of climate-related events from map-based evidence of social vulnerability.
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29 Jan 2025
🌲🔎 Research by geographers at the University of St Andrews has played a leading role in the international research effort to understand tropical South American and African peatlands.
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24 Jan 2025
🌇 Research at the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), @UniofNewcastle
revealed the potential of sub-national economic development and decentralisation policy to reduce UK spatial economic inequalities.
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🚴 The UK Government is committed to doubling cycling by 2025. The Propensity to Cycle Tool (PCT), created by geographers at the University of Leeds, has revolutionised strategic cycle planning in England and Wales.
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10 Jan 2025
📹 Research by geographers at Royal Holloway, University of London, has demonstrated how participatory video can be a process of engagement that builds on Indigenous ways of knowing while facilitating capacity building and agency.
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🎣 Research with state government departments, academic colleagues, a multi-national utility provider, fishery professionals, educators, NGOs and local communities in India prevented an iconic giant freshwater fish from becoming extinct.
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