University of Exeter

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Home institution of lead author Pierre Friedlingstein; published the announcement

Global fossil fuel emissions are projected to fall 0.4% in 2026, to 38.2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide, the Global Carbon Project said on November 10. The group released the estimate at United Nations climate talks in Antalya, Turkey.

Updated Yesterday

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Research partner; developed statistical modelling for the census

Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles holds about 180,000 giant tortoises, the largest population ever recorded for the species. That outnumbers the humans living across the whole island nation.

Updated Oct 26

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Host institution for the titanide research team

An October 12 paper in PLOS Biology shows that the small end of Cryptococcus neoformans cell sizes matters as much as the giant titan cells that have defined its virulence for a decade. The fungus kills an estimated 180,000 people a year, most of them AIDS patients in sub-Saharan Africa.

Updated Oct 13