592 results for 'global food environment'
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- 19 December 2017
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- Environment | News
The remaining undisturbed rainforests in Borneo, some of the world’s tallest and most carbon-dense, have been removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere over the past 50 years, a new study shows.
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- 18 December 2017
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- Science | Environment
River invertebrates react the same way to decreasing glacier cover wherever in the world they are, according to new University research.
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- 15 December 2017
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- Science | Environment
Today our world is visually dominated by animals and plants, but this world would not have been possible without fungi, say Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ scientists.
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- 15 December 2017
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- Environment
Leeds researchers are supporting a business' £1m project to develop new graphene-based water filters, to bring the technology closer to addressing world-wide water scarcity.
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- 13 December 2017
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- University
Professor Dame Jane Francis has been announced as the University’s new Chancellor.
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- 8 December 2017
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- Technology | News
Research into innovative medical technologies has been recognised in the Government’s Industrial Strategy Life Sciences Sector Deal.
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- 4 December 2017
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- Environment | Science
An international team of scientists, led by the Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥, has quantified the relationship between natural sources of particles in the atmosphere and climate change.
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- 23 November 2017
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- Environment | Science
Shrinking glacier cover could lead to increased volcanic activity in Iceland, scientists have warned.
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- 20 October 2017
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- Science | Environment
One of the largest global mass extinctions did not fundamentally change marine ecosystems, scientists have found.
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- 19 October 2017
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- Science | Global
An international expedition aims to better understand seismic activity through samples collected from one of the most geologically active areas in Europe.
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- 10 October 2017
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- Science
Past mass extinctions may have the potential to guide modern conservation efforts, according to a new study.
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- 5 October 2017
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- Technology | Health
Scientists have developed a novel weapon in the battle against deadly hospital-acquired infections – a textile that disinfects itself.
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- 18 September 2017
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- Environment
Limiting the increase in global average temperatures to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels is still geophysically possible, but requires more ambitious emission reductions, say scientists.
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- 15 September 2017
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- News
The mass movement of humans and animals is significantly affecting the distribution of essential microorganisms, scientists warn.
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- 4 September 2017
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- Environment
Researchers have called for urgent global action to address the effects of rapidly shrinking glaciers on ecosystems further downstream.