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Six-fold increase in polar ice losses since the 1990s
Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice faster than in the 1990s and are both tracking the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change鈥檚 worst-case climate warming scenario.
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![Amazon forest canopy](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-Forest_canopy_WEB.jpg")
Tropical forests鈥� carbon sink 'already rapidly weakening'
The ability of the world鈥檚 tropical forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere is decreasing, according to a study tracking 300,000 trees over 30 years, published today in Nature.
![Cape buffalo at the Nuwejaars Wetlands, South Africa](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-Buffalo_WEB.jpg")
Global species loss could be halved
Extinction risk could decrease by more than 50% if at least 30% of land were to be conserved across the tropics, a new study reveals.
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Self-driving the longest route yet
A project researching the latest autonomous vehicle technologies has successfully completed a 230-mile self-navigated journey on UK roads.
![Aerial view of Leeds City Region](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-01651_MIT_REAP_images_for_Jadu_.jpg")
Inspiring innovation on an international stage
Leeds and the City Region takes its place on the international stage this January, with visitors from across the world seeing first-hand how Leeds inspires innovation.
![Satellite photo of trade-wind cumulus clouds over Barbados](/images/resized/600x299-0-0-1-80-Cloud_flowers_JADU.jpg")
Clearing up cloudy climate predictions
UK scientists are taking to the skies as part of a major international research campaign to better understand the behaviour of clouds and their role in climate change.
![Satellite image of tropical peatland in the Congo](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-Peat_Congo_JADU.jpg")
PhD centre will nurture new leaders in Earth observation
A new centre will enable 50 fully-funded PhD researchers to harness satellite data to tackle global environmental challenges.
![A Greenland melt stream - deeply incised melt channel that transports the overflow from a large melt lake to a Moulin.](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-1___Jadu_friendly.png")
Greenland losing ice 'faster than expected'
Greenland is losing ice faster than in the 1990s and is tracking the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change鈥檚 high-end climate scenario.
![A shot of the Earth taken from orbit. December 2019](/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-Earth.jpg")
Breathing new life into Earth's oxygen debate
New research strongly suggests the distinct "oxygenation events" which created Earth鈥檚 breathable atmosphere happened spontaneously, rather than as a consequence of biological or tectonic revolutions.
![Jon Lovett with a Welwitschia mirabilis in the Namib Desert of southern Angola.](/images/resized/600x299-0-0-1-80-Welwitschia_WEB.jpg")
鈥淓xceedingly rare鈥� plant species face increased chances of extinction
According to new research nearly 40 percent of global land plant species can be categorized as very rare, and these species are most at risk of extinction as climate and land use continues to change.