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Professor Nick Plant

Published
22 October 2020
Categories
University

The University has appointed Professor Nick Plant as its new Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation.

A sun hovering above the horizon of a desolate planet

Published
15 October 2020
Categories
Research and innovation

Two Leeds researchers have been accepted into a prestigious scheme to further their work in climate change and searching for habitable worlds in space.

Hooker Lake, New Zealand (2016)

Published
8 October 2020
Categories
Global | Environment

Meltwater lakes that form at glacier margins cause ice to recede much further and faster compared to glaciers that terminate on land, according to a new study.

Published
7 October 2020
Categories
Global | Environment

Rising nitrous oxide emissions are jeopardizing climate goals and the Paris Accord, according to a new international study.

Wind turbines along highway

Published
1 October 2020
Categories
Science | Environment | Global

Global energy consumption in 2050 could be reduced to the levels of the 1960s and still provide a decent standard of living for a population three times larger, according to a new study.

Kew Gardens

Published
30 September 2020
Categories
Science | Environment | Global

Tapping into the myriad uses of plants and fungi could save people and the planet, says new report

The pond next to the Roger Stevens Building at the 映客直播

Published
17 September 2020
Categories
University

A message from Leeds鈥� higher education leaders, students鈥� union leaders and the city council:

Icebergs in Disko Bay, Greenland

Published
17 September 2020
Categories
Environment | Global | Science

Scientists warn that if greenhouse gas emissions continue apace, Greenland and Antarctica鈥檚 ice sheets could together contribute more than 39cm to global sea level rise this century.

Khe Nuoc Trong forests, Vietnam

Published
16 September 2020
Categories
Environment | Global

Research by the 映客直播 has helped secure the highest government protection for internationally-important Vietnamese forests.

A rocky hillside covered in shrubs and trees. Many of the trees have died

Published
8 September 2020
Categories
Science | Global | Environment

A global analysis reveals for the first time that across almost all tree species, fast growing trees have shorter lifespans.

Melting ice sheets

Published
31 August 2020
Categories
Global | Science | Environment

Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica whose melting rates are rapidly increasing have raised global sea level by 1.8cm since the 1990s, and are matching worst-case climate warming scenarios.

A mosquito 'biting' human skin

Published
28 August 2020
Categories
Global | Health | Environment

An international study reveals how future climate change could affect malaria transmission in Africa over the next century.

Picture shows Professor Cath Noakes sitting on a rocky outcrop onto of a Yorkshire moor

Published
17 August 2020
Categories
Coronavirus | Society & Politics | Health | Science

A Leeds academic has received a top award from the Royal Academy of Engineering for work which has had 鈥渨idespread and significant impact鈥� in tackling the spread of coronavirus.

A person on a railway platform holding a mobile phone and luggage next to a moving train

Published
7 August 2020
Categories
Environment | Coronavirus

A post-lockdown economic recovery plan that incorporates and emphasises climate-friendly choices could help significantly in the battle against global warming, according to a new study.

A wide flat-bottomed valley with a narrow winding river in it, dwarfed by steep rocky mountains on either side. In the background, there is a glacier

Published
7 August 2020
Categories
Environment | Global

Glaciers in the Southern Alps of New Zealand have lost more ice mass since pre-industrial times than remains today, according to a new study.