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Magnetism could help explain Earth’s formation

Published
Thursday 3rd November, 2022
Categories
Science

A peculiar property of the Earth’s magnetic field could help us to work out how our planet was created 4.5 billion years ago, according to a new scientific assessment.

Artist's impression of a collision between the Moon and Earth

Reassessing Sir Herbert Read

Published
Wednesday 2nd November, 2022
Categories
Alumni

The Henry Moore Foundation's new research season features former Leeds student Sir Herbert Read.

black and white photo of Sir Herbert Read sitting outside

Congo peatlands could release billions of tonnes of carbon

Published
Wednesday 2nd November, 2022
Categories
Science
Environment
Global

The world’s largest tropical peatland turned from being a major store of carbon to a source of carbon dioxide emissions as a result of climate change thousands of years ago, new research has revealed.

Fishing camp on the Ikelemba River, DRC

Fighting Egypt's plastic waste

Published
Friday 28th October, 2022
Categories
Alumni

When growing up in Cairo, plastic pollutants had a devastating impact upon Aya Al-Sharqawy and her family. It was the motivation she needed to tackle the crisis head on after Leeds.

Aya Al Sharqawy stands in a field of crops in Egypt

Graduate art prize winner announced

Published
Thursday 27th October, 2022
Categories
Arts & Culture

BA Fine Art student Astrid Butt has been awarded the 2022 Friends of University Art and Music Graduate prize.

Two still images from 'Bird Diaries' showing the subject of Astrid's film: a figure wearing a large bird mask and skin coloured body suit.

University opens community football hub

Published
Thursday 27th October, 2022
Categories
University

Grassroots sport in Leeds has received a huge boost with the unveiling of the Bodington Football Hub, a new facility for the community of Leeds.

an aerial photograph of three football pitches and buildings.

'Government must protect critical services from climate change'

Published
Thursday 27th October, 2022
Categories
Business & Economy
Society & Politics
Environment

A damning report from MPs says the Government needs to do more to protect critical national infrastructure in the UK from being disrupted by extreme weather.

Aerial view of flooded fields and roads

Mapping the pressures of global food production

Published
Tuesday 25th October, 2022
Categories
Science
Global

A map showing the environmental pressures from global food production has been developed by researchers, to identify ways of creating more sustainable and just food systems.

Field of soyabean