Our research impact

Scientists at Southampton are using satellite data to assess the carbon production of plants, monitor the Earth’s health, and help create greener, healthier global communities.

Scientists from Southampton have found that there has been an unexpected increase in Indian monsoon rainfall that contradicts widely-held views on global warming.

Tests prove fuel cell vessels can cut shipping’s carbon burden.

Scientists at the University of Southampton have successfully stored the full human genome (or complete set of DNA) onto a 5D memory crystal – an achievement which could hold the key to restoring life after extinction.

Researchers are solving one of the most puzzling questions in plate tectonics, by investigating how the Earth’s surface has responded to the breakup of continental plates through time.

Researchers from Southampton have coordinated sea trials of a 20-metre high wing-sail that could be fitted to large cargo vessels, cutting carbon emissions by a third.

Southampton PhD student Karolina Zarzyczny is improving our understanding of the mass movement of marine life in our oceans due to global heating.

Denise Baden, Professor of Sustainable Business, is exploring how characters on screen could help us reduce our carbon footprints.

Blight to boon: encroaching seaweed. Researchers predict when and where the sea will dump vast amounts of sargassum – and find good ways to use it

Business School addresses SMEs’ sustainability problems while giving graduates real-world experience.

Southampton’s LifeLab goes global as academics find new ways to help young people across the world live a long and healthy life.

What began life as a project about the coast became an exercise in something much bigger.