The OU’s Floodplain Meadows Partnership has won a substantial grant from Ecover to help restore and protect 50 hectares of floodplain meadows along the banks of…
New research from The Open University has revealed global tropical rainfall changes that took place during past climatic periods, which can help in understanding processes for…
A fascinating look into the world of sewage and how scientists are searching for ways to upcycle human waste comes to our television screens this week.…
A paper has just been published in the renowned science journal SpringerNature which highlights just how ground breaking our OU scientists are. The report looks into…
Meet Dr Barbara Kunz – a Geochemist, Petrologist and Project Officer at the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences here at The Open University. Barbara…
Monica Grady, professor of planetary and space sciences at The Open University, discusses how the laws of physics might disprove God, as part of The Conversation’s…
Can we really live in a perfect world? A Perfect Planet is a new, five-part natural history series co-produced by The Open University and the BBC,…
David Rothery, Professor of Planetary Geosciences at The Open University, discusses the discovery of subglacial lakes on Mars and if this could lead to finding out if…
An international team, including researchers from The Open University, has discovered that highly diverse plant life found in China can be traced back to the formation…
On the eve of National Meadows Day, David Gowing, Professor of Botany at The Open University, explains why floodplain meadows are important and not just a…
