Northumbria University, Newcastle

27 January 2023 10:49

Artificial intelligence used to predict space weather

A Northumbria University physicist has been awarded more than half a million pounds to develop artificial intelligence which will protect the Earth from devastating space storms.

While the cold of winter is a threat to most wildlife, it can be endured. Image: Pixabay

19 December 2022 10:00

EXPERT COMMENT: How wildlife in ponds has evolved to survive frozen water – and how you can help more animals stay alive

When filled with ice-skaters or a clumsy Bambi on a Christmas card, a frozen pond is a merry sight. But spare a thought for the living things trapped below. The aerial wizardry of dragonflies and summer sculling of pond skaters are long gone. As the cold grips and shadows lengthen over the pond, its inhabitants face a terrible enemy: ice.

A woman transporting wood by boat in the Sundarbans, West Bengal. Increasingly violent weather events and rising sea levels are increasing pressure on natural resources, undermining ecosystems and livelihoods and forcing populations out of the deltas

8 November 2021 09:05

International research focuses on uniting minds and voices

As the spotlight on the landmark COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow continues into a second week, Professor of International Development at Northumbria University, Matt Baillie Smith, reflects on the importance of taking a collaborative approach to finding solutions which protect the future of the planet.

25 May 2021 08:11

New research to provide safer and more accurate space weather predictions

A team of space weather experts from Northumbria University has been awarded more than £400,000 to explore how to better predict the conditions in near-Earth space.

28 April 2021 07:44

UN space weather expert to join Northumbria University as Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellow

A leading physicist and Chair of the United Nations space weather expert group is to join Northumbria University for one year after being awarded a Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowship.

29 August 2018 11:00

Cold climates contributed to the extinction of the Neanderthals

Climate change may have played a more important role in the extinction of Neanderthals than previously believed, according to a new study published in the journal, Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences.

21 July 2015 12:15

Northumbria academic says ‘Little Ice Age’ could hit Earth in 2020

A ‘Little Ice Age’ which caused severe winters in the 17th Century could return in five years’ time due to a predicted fall in solar activity.

Subjects: Weather