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Scarlet heart glacier in Greenland, with bare mountain surrounding the glacier and blue sky in background. White dotted lines surround a bare area circling the glacier.

Accelerated melting of glaciers in Greenland

Published
26 May 2023
Categories
Science
Environment
Research

A study has found widespread mass loss of glaciers and ice caps in Greenland since the start of the 20th century.聽

Professor Simon Lewis discussing his research

Scientist recognised for research into Congo peatlands

Published
17 May 2023
Categories
Environment
Science
Research

A researcher who exposed the threat that climate change poses to tropical forests in Africa has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, one of the highest accolades in science.

Sunlight shines through the canopy of the Amazon rainforest.

Amazon - how will it cope with drought?

Published
26 April 2023
Categories
Global
Science
Environment

A collaboration involving 80 scientists has identified the regions of the Amazon rainforest where trees are most likely to face the greatest risk from drier conditions brought about by climate change.

Expanse of snow and ice on the Amunden Sea Embayment ice shelf

Billions of tonnes of ice lost from Antarctic Ice sheet

Published
20 March 2023
Categories
Global
Science
Environment

Scientists have calculated that the fastest changing Antarctic region鈥-鈥痶he Amundsen Sea Embayment鈥-鈥痟as lost more than 3,000 billion tonnes of ice over a 25-year鈥痯eriod.鈥

Graphic shows the Earth as seen from space. Half of the graphic shows the surfaces of the world - the other half of the graphic  shows the hot processes that happen deep in the Earth's core.

Activity deep in Earth affects the global magnetic field

Published
16 March 2023
Categories
Environment
Science

Compass readings that do not show the direction of true north and interference with the operations of satellites are a few of the problems caused by peculiarities of the Earth鈥檚 magnetic field.

Sarah Breeden speaks to two female students in a lecture hall

Leading banking expert delivers Leeds masterclass

Published
10 March 2023
Categories
Working with business
University
Business & Economy

One of the UK鈥檚 leading banking experts has given a masterclass on careers in the financial sector during a special talk at the 映客直播.

Hind Hassan wearing a Press vest and helmet in Iraq

Reporting from the epicentre of the story

Published
7 March 2023
Categories
Alumni

Hind Hassan broadcasts from the most hostile environments in the world 鈥 from the conflict in Ukraine, to the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria 鈥 elevating the voices of those unheard.