592 results for 'global food environment'
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- 16 August 2017
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- Global | Science | Environment
New seismic surveys are challenging the view that recent slowdowns in Greenland’s ice flow will continue in the long term.
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- 2 August 2017
- Categories
- Global | Environment
The largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula lost nearly 10% of its area when an iceberg four times the size of London broke free earlier this month.
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- 20 July 2017
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- Science | Health
An evaluation of efforts designed to reduce how many sugary drinks we consume shows some success in changing younger people’s habits but warns they cannot be the only way to cut consumption.
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- 5 July 2017
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- University
Thirteen people will be presented with honorary degrees this year, recognising their achievements in a wide array of fields.
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- 30 June 2017
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- Arts & Culture
Sword-bearing knights, costumed dancers and a throne made famous by TV’s Game of Thrones all feature as part of an historical extravaganza held in Leeds.
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- 5 May 2017
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- Science | University
The Royal Society has elected Professor of Engineering Anne Neville to its fellowship, in recognition of her substantial contribution to the field of corrosion and tribology research.
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- 4 May 2017
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- Science
Biopharma and food businesses working with proteins now have access to better information about how a type of fluid flow used in manufacturing processes can affect the quality of their products.
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- 2 May 2017
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- Environment
Glacier flow at the southern Antarctic Peninsula has increased since the 1990s, but a new study has found the change to be only a third of what was recently reported.
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- 26 April 2017
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- News | Environment
Global warming is responsible for tripling the frequency of extreme West African Sahel storms over the last three decades putting numerous cities in the region at risk, say scientists.
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- 26 April 2017
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- University
A new £5m Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ sports facility launches this week, named after its most successful sporting alumni.
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- 24 April 2017
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- Society & Politics | Arts & Culture
A new exhibition and online photographic archive will allow residents of Leeds to get a glimpse of the city's parks and green spaces since the early 1900s.
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- 10 April 2017
- Categories
- Environment
Global warming will thaw about 20% more permafrost than previously thought, scientists have warned; potentially releasing significant amounts of greenhouse gases into the Earth’s atmosphere.
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- 4 April 2017
- Categories
- Global | Science | Health
The body’s peripheral nervous system could be capable of interpreting its environment and modulating pain, neuroscientists have established, after studying how rodents reacted to stimulation.
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- 3 April 2017
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- News
Pub goers can pair their pint with the latest scientific research as the Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ brings Pint of Science to city watering holes.
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- 23 March 2017
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- University
Leeds has been voted in the top five universities in the UK in the new Times Higher Education’s Student Experience Survey.