590 results for 'global food environment'
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- 5 December 2016
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- Environment
The way in which man-made acids in the atmosphere interact with the dust that nourishes our oceans has been quantified by scientists for the first time.
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- 21 November 2016
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- Science | Working with business
Yorkshire will soon become one of the best places in Europe for pig research, thanks to significant investment from the Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ and the Government.
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- 15 November 2016
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- Business & Economy | Science | Environment
A new £6 million project led by the Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ is predicted to bring a £50 million benefit to the Yorkshire economy by reducing the costs and impact of water-related threats to the region.
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- 28 October 2016
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- Environment
In a study led by the Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥, scientists have solved one of the most long-standing challenges in atmospheric science: to understand how particles are formed in the atmosphere.
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- 10 October 2016
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- University
The University has given the seal of approval to the proposed plans to integrate Engineering and Physical Sciences on the north eastern part of campus.
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- 15 September 2016
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- Working with business | University
The value to the economy of the N8, the eight most research-intensive universities in the North, is almost double that of the entire Premier League, a report reveals today.
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- 12 July 2016
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- Science | Environment
The impacts of climate change are already being felt in the UK and urgent action is needed, concludes a report published today.
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- 7 July 2016
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- Environment
The most extensive land-based study of the effect of drought on Amazonian rainforests to date has shown that a recent drought completely shut down the Amazon Basin’s carbon sink.
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- 1 July 2016
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- News | Technology
Robots rarely get a good press. They’re either turning rogue, trying to control the human race as in The Matrix, or wreaking a path of destruction to kill the hero in Will Smith’s I, Robot.
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- 30 June 2016
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- Environment
Scientists have observed clear signs that the hole in the Antarctic ozone layer is beginning to close.
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- 20 June 2016
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- Science | Environment
Crop yields will fall within the next decade due to climate change unless immediate action is taken to speed up the introduction of new and improved varieties, experts have warned.
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- 3 June 2016
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- Environment
The launch of the Priestley Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ Centre for Climate saw astronaut Piers Sellers – a climate scientist and an alumnus of the University - supporting Leeds' investment.
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- 26 May 2016
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- Environment | Science
A study of more than 6,000 marine fossils from the Antarctic shows that the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs was sudden and just as deadly to life in the polar regions.
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- 26 May 2016
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- University
Today sees the launch of a new range of online courses that will enable students to earn academic credits towards degrees.
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- 19 May 2016
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- Science | Technology
Researchers from the Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ have taken an important step forward in mimicking nature’s prowess at protecting cells from deep-freeze conditions.