Floodplain meadows are part of a quintessentially English landscape that would have been found throughout Britain's river valleys 100 years ago. And The Open University, under the auspices of the Floodplain Meadows Partnership, is running a weekend workshop on the Natural History of Floodplain Meadows.

The OU's Dr David Rothery appeared live on Channel 4's 7pm news to discuss the day's magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile and the Pacific-wide tsunami warnings.

Hundreds of thousands of Haitians are awaiting the start of a global rescue effort in the wake of the country's devastating earthquake on Tuesday. The OU's David Rothery, a planetary scientist, explains the devastation...

Climate change is at the top of the political agenda and among its many dire effects it threatens to accelerate extinction rates. Find out from Professor Jonathan Silvertown, Professor of Ecology at The Open University, what biodiversity is, why it matters, what state it is in and how The Open University is capable of making a difference.
 

The United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP15 – is taking place throughout December in Copenhagen and Platform has pooled together some themed content for you to sink your teeth into.

The Open University has taken a role in helping French officials assess climate negotiations and decisions at the COP-15 climate change conference.

We offered Platform users the chance to submit their own questions to the UN Climate Change Conference being held in Copenhagen this month – and the top six have now been chosen.

BBC One’s landmark TV series Child of Our Time is inviting the British public to take part in a groundbreaking online scientific study to discover how important our personalities are in shaping the direction of our lives.

If you had the chance to pose a question to the world’s foremost experts on global warming, what would you ask?

The e2v Centre for Electronic Imaging (CEI) will officially open today (Monday 16 November).