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1. Draining peatlands for agriculture adds 'huge pulse' to global warming

   New research has calculated the damage done by farmers converting tropical peat swamps to oil palm plantations.

2. Which cooking oil is best? Asking how they’re made could tell you more

   Serge Wich and Eric Meijaard write in The Conversation on ethical, food security and sustainability issues around oil crops.

3. Research: Rampant growth in vegetable oil production threatens wildlife

   Professor Serge Wich contributes to IUCN report on vegetable oil

4. Study reveals ‘unseen’ food source in Africa

   Biologists from Liverpool, Belgium and Holland use satellites to unfarmed food source in Central Africa.

5. ‘Pest’ monkeys save palm oil industry millions

   MONKEYS save the palm oil industry hundreds of millions each year by killing damaging pests, according to researchers in Liverpool, UK.

6. Benefits of Collaborative Online International Learning

   Students improved employability skills through COIL project

7. Which is best 'cleaner' fuel for shipping?

   Paper from the LJMU Global Centre for Maritime Innovation compares hydrogen, methanol and ammonia as alternative ship fuels for greener future.

8. What the pandemic taught me - LJMU Together

   This feature encourages colleagues to share what they've learned as we all reflect on the pandemic and what we've been through.

9. Local Solutions champion our everyday heroes for Carers Week

   We were pleased to welcome our charity partner onto campus during Carers Week (9 - 15 June 2025).

10. How I tracked the biggest hidden sources of forever chemicals in UK rivers

    Paddy Byrne, Professor of Water Science, writes in The Conversation on the control of PFA 'forever chemicals' in our rivers