Urgent action needed to restrict region’s carbon emissions
Carbon limits needed to contain global warming could be breached within six years in the Yorkshire and Humber region, a new report warns.
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Biodiversity ‘time machine’ uses AI to learn from the past
Experts can make crucial decisions about future biodiversity management by using artificial intelligence to learn from past environmental change, according to a new study.
Extreme ice melting in Greenland raises global flood risk
Global warming has caused extreme ice melting events in Greenland to become more frequent and more intense over the past 40 years according to new research, raising sea levels and flood risk worldwide
Leeds research inspires glacier names to mark COP26
A glacier in West Antarctica has been formally named after the city of Glasgow to mark its hosting of the COP26 climate change conference.
Industry 'must prepare now' for green electricity
Industry must speed up investment in new technologies that allow manufacture of materials using renewable electricity if net zero emissions targets are to be met, researchers warn.
Leeds at COP26: Our climate experts address global leaders
Leeds climate researchers working to tackle the environmental crisis and help the world achieve net zero carbon emissions are preparing to address 200 world leaders at COP26.
Climate projections show Earth alien to humans by 2500
Parts of the Earth will be uninhabitable by 2500 if the current level of effort to address the climate crisis is maintained, a new study predicts.
Climate predictions build resilience in African tea plantations
Researchers in the UK and Africa have teamed up to help tea producers better understand future climate risks in a bid to reduce crop damage.
Welcoming two new Executive Deans to Leeds
Two new Executive Deans will join the University community at the start of 2022.
Act now for economic benefits from peatland restoration
Restoring the world’s depleted peatlands now rather than later would have massive economic benefits to society, according to new research.