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Leeds Digital Festival 2022
Leeds Digital Festival has announced the full schedule for its latest instalment of the tech showcase, with over 200 events taking place from Tuesday 20 to Friday 30 September.
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630 results for 'global food environment'
![Three caught fish that were subject to shark attack](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-Fish_stocks_subject_to_predation.jpg")
Shark impact on fishing communities
People who聽make a聽living fishing off the coral聽reefs聽around the Maldives聽say their聽daily聽income聽is down by almost a quarter聽due to sharks stealing their catch.
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Understanding why deadly brain cancer comes back聽
The deadliest form of brain cancer returns because tumours adapt to treatment by recruiting help from nearby healthy tissue, say researchers who are trying to find a cure for the disease.聽
![A cook mixes a bowl of freshly prepared vegetables](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-RESIZXEDvegetarianFood_121435505_Preview.jpg")
Female vegetarians at greater risk of hip fracture
A study of more than 26,000 middle-aged UK women reveals those with a vegetarian diet had a 33% higher risk of hip fracture compared to regular meat-eaters.
![Prof Corneille Ewango of the University of Kisangani, DRC, takes notes in a peat swamp forest along the Ikelemba River in DRC.](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-Congo_Peatlands_main_image.png")
True size of largest tropical peatland revealed
A new study has mapped the full scale of a vast region of peatland in the heart of the Congo Basin, revealing it to be 15% bigger than previously thought.
![Exterior of Asda House in Leeds.](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-jadu_Asda_House.jpg")
University and Asda announce data partnership
Asda and the University have joined forces to better understand pressing societal challenges such as nutrition, environmental and health issues through a strategic data partnership.
![A close-up of a pink Bromeliad plant](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-RESIZEDplantIMG_0334.jpg")
Education system 鈥榥eglecting the importance of plants鈥�
People are becoming 鈥渄isconnected from the botanical world鈥� at a time when plants could help solve global environmental problems, warn a group of research scientists.
![UK Pylons in the sunset](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-Pylon_Jadu.jpg")
UK can halve its energy demand by 2050
New research shows that the UK can dramatically reduce its energy demand to meet net zero emissions targets by 2050 without negatively impacting quality of life.
![Students looking at the sculpture 'Curtain' by Juanjo Novella, in the shape of a vertical wave and inscribed with the words 'to leaf is'](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-Untitled_design.png")
Raising the 鈥楥urtain鈥� on new campus sculpture
World-renowned Spanish sculptor Juanjo Novella will officially launch his sculpture 鈥楥urtain鈥� at the 映客直播 this week.
![FAAM Airborne Laboratory aircraft in a hangar.](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-FAAM_Jadu.jpg")
Taking UK airborne research to new heights
The UK鈥檚 flying laboratory will remain at the forefront of environmental research following a significant investment by the UK Government.