International researchers – including experts from The Open University – have mapped the distribution of over $1 trillion losses from potentially worthless oil and gas assets…
OU experts have called for greater sustainability in the construction of new buildings, which are globally responsible for 10% of all carbon emissions.[1] Dr Alice Moncaster…
Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at The Open University writes for The Conversation on the impact of new findings that reveal why plants don’t thrive…
A new study has found that the presence of moisture has a stronger role in developing areas of tropical vegetation than manmade CO2 emissions. The research,…
A major new study shows adding rock dust to UK agricultural soils in place of imported fertilizer could remove between 6 and 30 million tonnes of…
The OU has had its first tree planting day to celebrate its research students and to demonstrate its commitment to climate action. This is part of…
TreeView, a project led by the OU to monitor and classify trees from space, has progressed to a new stage in its goal of supporting climate…
By David Rothery, Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University: Pluto, the Solar System’s largest dwarf planet, just became even more interesting with a report that…
The risk and cost of developing new nuclear energy technologies could be reduced, thanks to a new research project bringing together scientists from the UK and…
Three projects involving the OU’s space scientists will receive a quarter of the UK Space Agency’s (UKSA) latest investment in the British space industry. The UKSA…
