New insights solve 300-year-old problem: the dynamics of the Earth's core
Scientists at the University of Leeds have solved a 300-year-old riddle about which direction the centre of the Earth spins.
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A wake-up call about the economic reality of a green society
Policymakers often talk about moving towards a green society, but in the largest study of its kind, an international team of researchers has found that this would restrict economic growth.
Secret of plant geometry revealed
Researchers at the University of Leeds have discovered how plants set the angles of their branches.
Climate forecasts shown to warn of crop failures
Climate models can help predict some crop failures several months before harvest, according to a new study.
Bees under threat from 'Trojan hives'
Stricter controls over bumblebee imports to the UK are urgently required to prevent diseases spreading to native bumblebees and honeybees, scientists have warned.
"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.
Gannets 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.
Bee 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.
Global 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.
Environmental change triggers rapid evolution
Environmental change can drive hard-wired evolutionary changes in animal species in a matter of generations.