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Social media and conspiracies: researchers in POLITICO

Ramit Debnath spoke to POLITICO this week about social media and conspiracy spillover, in light of a campaign to "shape the conversation" around sunlight reflection methods.

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Chasing cloudbows: student builds a drone to measure cloud droplets

A Cambridge Engineering student has developed a drone to fly above clouds and measure droplets with a camera.

Luca Lin, who is about to graduate from the Department of Engineering, built the drone and camera system as his fourth-year project with the Centre for Climate Repair.

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So you think there's hope? In the news this weekend

"So you think there's hope?" That's what someone asked us today at Cambridge Zero's Climate & Nature Research Showcase. On one of the hottest days ever recorded in the UK in June, we were presenting ideas - totally new to some attendees - that could slow or even reverse the impacts of climate change. It felt more poignant than ever. Also, climate repair featured in The Times.

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The Guardian: Meet the scientists trying to refreeze the Arctic

The Guardian's Damian Carrington joined the ice thickening team in Cambridge Bay to discover more about the project, its place in the community, and some early results.

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The race to bolster the ocean’s potential to combat climate change

"I think it's beholden on us for future generations and future ecosystems to be looking at this very seriously." Our director spoke to Reuters about marine carbon dioxide removal.

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Broad support for SRM research within bounds, report finds

A public dialogue has found broad support for solar radiation modification research, as long as it is strictly governed and does not distract from cutting emissions.

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New paper: Differentiating solar radiation modification experiments

A new paper explores the full spectrum of plausible SRM field experiments and how different types may interact with existing governance and regulatory frameworks.

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New paper: Artificial flooding leads to thicker and brighter Arctic sea ice

A new paper presents the first full-season field trial of artificial sea ice thickening through winter flooding in the Canadian Arctic.

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Ice, ice, bees?

When he’s not researching how to protect Arctic sea ice, Jacob Pantling – a PhD student at the Centre for Climate Repair – can sometimes be found tending to a busy brood of bees.

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1 in 20,000: what it's like at EGU

When 20,000 climate scientists converge on a conference, train travel becomes a bit tricky. Rishul Karia discovered it firsthand when he tried to book the Eurostar for his first academic conference; “all the climate scientists had sold out the reservation tickets!” In the end, he arrived in Vienna after sixteen hours on various trains, ready for one of the largest geoscience gatherings in the world.

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The underwater forests fighting climate change

“Imagine you’re trying to grow a rainforest, but the trees grow about a foot a day,” says Zhenna Azimrayat-Andrews, a PhD student at the University of Cambridge. “You could really store a lot of carbon quickly because of just how fast the biomass grows.”

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We're going to UArctic Congress

We're going to UArctic Congress 2026! With a wonderful panel, we'll be discussing what it means to build AND share knowledge of climate interventions - because we're so much better together.

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A multiplicity of tomorrows: how people imagine the future with climate interventions

From 'giving the world cancer' to 'colonizing space', a new paper explores 299 imagined futures where climate interventions, like solar radiation modification (SRM) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR), reshape our world.