Nicola Mingotti 
Carbon capture and storage must play a central part of the decarbonisation of the energy system, and researchers at the Institute has been working on carbon storage for over 15 years, exploring the control of CO2 in subsurface saline aquifers. A new research paper has just been published in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, and illustrates
Corrosion continues to be a major global challenge representing 3% of the GDP of industrialised nations. However, there are still many unanswered scientific and technical questions about the corrosion process and the corrosion products that iron forms. It is not clear which of the many iron oxides, hydroxide and oxyhydroxides form as a scale, particularly
Small-scale turbulent mixing in the ocean interior is vital in governing ocean circulation and tracer distributions, and hence global climate. However, the planetary extent of this role and its dependence on the microphysics of mixing remain inadequately understood. A new article published in Nature Communications and co-authored by professors Colm Caulfield and Ali Mashayek emphasises
On Friday 26 June 2026, the Cambridge Climate & Nature Research Showcase was held at the new Ray Dolby Centre. This event aimed to bring together University of Cambridge researchers from all disciplines addressing climate change and/or nature conservation, showcasing world‑leading research on energy, materials, infrastructure, conservation, food, health, policy, law, and more. Researchers and
Over the last few decades, several marine-terminating glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have retreated. Submarine melting of the calving glacier fronts is thought to be one of the dominant drivers of this retreat. In fact, for ice floating on seawater, the volume loss below the surface can be several times larger than the loss due
Green hydrogen is generated by splitting water molecules through electrolysis and producing it using electricity from renewable sources is crucial for transitioning to a net-zero economy. Proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysers are leading technologies for this process. Central to these systems is the oxygen-forming reaction, which demands strongly acidic conditions. This step, where water molecules
The upwelling of warm Circumpolar Deep Water is a key process in the global climate system, transporting heat, nutrients, and carbon poleward towards Antarctic ice shelves. Dr Ali Mashayek and colleagues from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UC San Diego have recently co-authored a paper published in Communications Earth & Environment, in which physical
The ocean plays a central role in the global carbon cycle. Ocean water can absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and sequester it at depth for hundreds or thousands of years. In fact, it is estimated that the deep ocean contains a massive reservoir of carbon, which dwarfs all other reservoirs combined (including vegetation, soil
The interdisciplinary study of volcanic processes requires a multitude of approaches, ranging from analogue and numerical modelling to observations and fieldwork and extending to mathematics. In September 2025, a conference was held at the East African Institute for Fundamental Research in Kigali, affiliated with the University of Rwanda, a country which, along with the Democratic
Deep ocean water contains a very large reservoir of carbon, and so understanding how this water moves and mixes over time is essential for all climate models. Over the last few decades, observations have shown that passive tracers initially located in the deep ocean have gradually resurfaced, suggesting that there are pathways through which deep