• Edge Hill Academic’s sustainability research wins her global recognition

    An Edge Hill academic has won a global award from the Sustainability Research Network in recognition of her pioneering work to improve climate change education. Dr Laura McGuire has scooped an esteemed Emerging Scholar Award due to her important work with the public to encourage positive behaviour change and instil messages about tackling climate change…

  • World Ozone Day – what have we learned in the global fight against climate change?

    More than 30 years on since the landmark Montreal Protocol united the world in a bid to save the ozone layer, an Edge Hill academic reflects on the lessons to be learned in the greatest environmental challenge ahead – climate change.  When expeditions to Antarctica in the 1980s confirmed that chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), found in household appliances and personal hygiene products, had caused a hole in the ozone layer, the news…

  • Are Britain’s young people going plant blind?

    Researchers at Edge Hill University have discovered why fewer students are choosing to study the biology of plants and are calling for changes to the curriculum to address ‘plant blindness’ to protect this much needed profession. With climate change, food security and the natural world regularly in the spotlight, academics have been intrigued as to…

  • New law to curb deforestation in supply chains won’t address bigger climate change issues

    The UK government unveiled plans this week to make it illegal and impose fines on companies who are unable to provide details of the origins of products and who do not comply with the new law in protecting forests and other natural ecosystems. Although this is a step in the right direction, Dr Sven Batke,…