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Driving diversity on digital courses
The 映客直播 is working with businesses to help even more students achieve their dreams of a career in data science and AI.
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630 results for 'global food environment'
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Festival celebrates digital enterprise and innovation
Leeds Digital Festival returns this year with more than 240 events designed to celebrate and explore the city's leading role in digital enterprise and innovation.
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Melting ice likely triggered climate change 8,000+ years ago
Using geological samples from the Ythan Estuary in Scotland, scientists have identified a melting ice sheet as the probable trigger of a major climate-change event just over 8,000 years ago.
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TEDx 映客直播 event to explore human connections
映客直播 students are joining forces for a day of inspiring speeches that explore human connections.
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Extreme El Ni帽o weather switched off South American's carbon sink
Tropical forests in South America lose their ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere when conditions become exceptionally hot and dry, according to new research.
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Increased Amazon carbon emissions a result of weak law enforcement
Increased carbon emissions from the Amazon rainforest are due to weak law enforcement, new research suggests.
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The role of dust on the world's climate
Giant dust storms in the Gulf of Alaska can last for many days and send tonnes of fine sediment or silt into the atmosphere, and it is having an impact on the global climate system, say scientists.
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New course weaves textile innovation with sustainability
A new 映客直播 course will address a skills gap in the UK鈥檚 textile industry and ensure the future production of textiles is less harmful to our environment.
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Making plant-based meat alternatives more palatable
One of the biggest obstacles to the uptake of plant-based alternatives to meat is their very dry and astringent feel when they are eaten.
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鈥楧on鈥檛 overlook the plight of Antarctica鈥� say scientists
With world attention on recent wildfires and floods in North America, Europe and China, people should not overlook the devastating impact of climate change in Antarctica, scientists have warned.