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Chew Reservoir, fed by blanket peat moorland, Peak District, northern England

Peatland contributions to UK water security

Published
15 May 2018
Categories
Science
Environment

Peatlands are vital to UK water security and must be protected to preserve the UK鈥檚 water supply, warn scientists.

Antarctica iceberg

Antarctica is retreating across the sea floor

Published
2 April 2018
Categories
Environment
Science

Antarctica鈥檚 great ice sheet is losing ground as it is eroded by warm ocean water circulating beneath its floating edge, a new study has found.

Students at the 映客直播 in pre-coronavirus times

Students vote Leeds top three in the UK

Published
22 March 2018
Categories
University

The 映客直播 has come third in the UK in a major survey that asks students about their experience while studying.

STEM, school, Leeds Festival of Science

Leeds Festival of Science

Published
5 March 2018
Categories
Health
Environment
Science

Leeds Festival of Science returns this month to showcase plate tectonics, interactive space toys and the funny side of climate change.

lightning

Lightning storms less likely in a warming planet

Published
12 February 2018
Categories
Science
Environment

Global warming may lead to a drop in lightning strikes, affecting atmospheric composition and the frequency of natural forest fires in the tropics, a new study suggests.

Leeds

A good life for all within the planet鈥檚 means

Published
5 February 2018
Categories
Global
Environment

A study led by the 映客直播 has found that no country currently meets its citizens鈥� basic needs at a globally sustainable level of resource use.

HumanDrive, ITS

Mimicking human driving in autonomous vehicles

Published
1 February 2018
Categories
Technology
Science

Researchers from the 映客直播 are contributing to a 30-month autonomous vehicle project that will culminate in the most complex journey yet attempted across the UK without driver input.

trees

Biodiversity estimates 鈥榗oming of age鈥�

Published
23 January 2018
Categories
Science
Environment

An international competition to estimate the diversity of plants across the whole of Britain has shown that mathematical modelling techniques are 鈥榗oming of age鈥�.