Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences
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New research: exploring the reproductive complexity of plants
New research published in the high-profile journal Science has explored the reproductive complexity of plants. The researchers found...
Horizon Europe – Climate Smart Advisors
On 5th March 2025, Kevin Collins attended and facilitated sessions at the UK national meeting of climate smart agricultural advisors as part of...
Applied Smouldering Combustion for Supporting a Circular Economy
Sustainable waste management requires significant increases in the proportion of waste and its components being reused, repurposed, and recycled...
BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds – Rare Earth
This month, the BBC science documentary series Rare Earth returns with a fifth series. Academics from the OU STEM Faculty, including the...
The Remarkable Story of Carbon
Dr Gareth Neighbour recently presented a paper related to The Remarkable Story of Carbon at Carbon 2025 (The World...
OU researchers find Saturn’s radiation can form molecules for life on its icy moon
Scientists from the OU have helped find that organic molecules found in plumes from Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus could be formed by radiation on...
Rare Earth – Series 6
On Friday 22nd August 2025 the OU/BBC radio series, Rare Earth, returns with a sixth series. Academics from the OU STEM Faculty, including the...
BBC Inside Science
On Thursday 11th September 2025, a new 26-part OU/BBC series of BBC Inside Science started on BBC Radio 4. BBC Inside Science is a weekly...
Advancing Together – An Invitation for Systemic Collaboration
School of Engineering and Innovation PhD student Houda Khayame recently presented preliminary findings from her case study research...
Materials, Minerals & Mining for People, Places, Planet (M3P3)
The School of Engineering and Innovation is sponsoring the new flagship event from the Institute of Materials, Mining and Minerals (IOM3) -...
Flood Resilience, Community Voices, and a Panoramic Perspective
The Open University's Research Image of the Month for June 2025 highlighted the research of PhD student Claude Nsobya, based in the School of...
Sustainable Garment Mending
Ismay Mummery is a final year PhD student in the School of Engineering and Innovation. Her research considers how to increase garment mending by...