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Lines of kelp in the Gota Fjord

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.”

Everyone at UArctic Assembly at Sajos

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.

Globe on desk

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.

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The Briefing Room: Can we meet the net zero challenge?

Our director Dr. Shaun Fitzgerald speaking on BBC4 on 27 July 2023 on how we can achieve net zero targets. You can listen to his contribution from 9.48 minutes onwards.

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The top holiday destinations at risk of climate disasters, from wildfires to flooding

Our director Dr. Shaun Fitzgerald was recently interviewed by the inews about climate disaster in holiday destinations.

Event July 11

Innovative research and ideas shared with the wider community

The Centre for Climate Repair organised a "show & tell" style event to encourage all those working within the area of climate repair to present their work on July 11th. With a room full of attendees from all disciplines, the event was a great success!

Schedule of Workshop

Centre for Climate Repair hosts international workshop on Albedo Enhancement

The Centre for Climate Repair hosted its first international long-day workshop on albedo enhancement and refreezing the arctic.

Picture of seagrass. Photo by Benjamin L. Jones on Unsplash

New EU project launched that evaluates mechanisms for storing atmospheric CO2 in the ocean

A new European project, Strategies for the Evaluation and Assessment of Ocean based Carbon Dioxide Removal (SEAO2-CDR), has been launched to enhance our understanding of the effects, benefits, and feasibility of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and storing it in the ocean.

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Arctic Seminar Series May 2023

The month of May saw the start of the Arctic Seminar Series discussing an array of topics affecting the Arctic.

Iceberg Seven

Should we refreeze the Arctic to help combat climate change?

Interview by The National News with our director Shaun Fitzgerald and deputy director Hugh Hunt on some of our research.

eam members from Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge, RAF and TUDCI

Refreeze the Arctic Foundation funds marine cloud brightening research

The Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge and Refreeze the Arctic Foundation (RAF) signed a multi-year agreement to fund research methods for brightening clouds to combat climate change.