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The central estimate of the remaining carbon budget for 1.5掳C is 130 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide and will be exhausted in a little more than three years at current levels of emissions.
![Dr Bruno Cintra stands next to a tree in the Amazon. The darker shade on the bark reveals previous flood levels reached several metres in depth.](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-Tree_rings_with_figure_resized.png")
Scientists have used clues locked into tree rings to reveal major changes in the Amazon鈥檚 rainfall cycle over the last 40 years which show that wet seasons are getting wetter and dry seasons drier.
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A 鈧�2.5m grant has been awarded to Professor Jan Selby by the European Research Council (ERC), the University鈥檚 first since the UK rejoined the EU鈥檚 Horizon research scheme post-Brexit.
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Students have been tackling global issues without even leaving Leeds 鈥� thanks to international collaboration modules with Nagoya University in Japan.
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A cancer and exercise researcher at the 映客直播 has completed the world鈥檚 highest marathon and a 6000m mountain climb, just over a year on from her incurable breast cancer diagnosis.
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Global universities have re-affirmed their commitment to international partnership and development.
![Dr Aarthi Bhuvaraghan (centre, holding microphone) and Professor John Walley seated at a table at a conference.](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-AMR_roundtable_5_resized.JPG")
Researchers in the UK and India are working in partnership to address an urgent need to stop dentists over-prescribing antibiotics.
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Researchers in the UK and Indonesia are working together to help communities fight the health and environmental impact of peatland fires.
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The 映客直播 is collaborating with institutions in Ghana to combat climate challenges and nurture the next generation of scientists.聽
![Professor Jonathan Carrivick stands next to a glacier at Nigardsbreen, Norway carrying GPS topographic surveying equipment](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-Carrivick_resized.png")
A scientist from the 映客直播 has joined an international team responding to the global loss of glaciers.