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“Regret-free” approaches for adapting agriculture to climate change
- A new study calls for governments and farmers to adapt to climate shifts, despite uncertainties about what growing conditions will look like decades from now.
Read moreUniversity scientists in the fast lane to an engineering future
- Researchers from the University of Leeds are involved in a unique, five-year £10 million collaboration to improve virtual engineering.
Read moreGannets don’t eat off each other’s plates
- Colonies of gannets maintain vast exclusive fishing ranges despite doing nothing to defend their territory from rival colonies, scientists have discovered.
Read moreBee and wild flower biodiversity loss slows
- Declines in the biodiversity of pollinating insects and wild plants have slowed in recent years, according to a new study.
Read moreGlobal warming continues but most extreme projections ‘less likely’
- Observations of the climate’s response to rising greenhouse gas levels are consistent with conventional estimates of long-term ‘climate sensitivity’, despite a “warming pause” over the past decade.
Read moreUniversities rise to the efficiency challenge
- Efficiency programmes at the University of Leeds are highlighted in a new report that shows how UK universities are saving billions by sharing high-value resources and using innovative technologies.
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