'Decade of action' to restore world's forests
Leading researchers, including University of Leeds academics, want to see a decade of “global action” to restore the world’s lost and depleted forests.
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Preventing European cancer epidemic
Europe will face a cancer epidemic in the next decade if weaknesses in cancer health systems and cancer research are not urgently addressed, say the authors of a major new report.
'Communicate smarter' about climate change action
Policy analysts and planners will be able to “communicate smarter” about climate change action by using a new online decision-support tool which has been launched at COP27.
COP27 and research at Leeds
The 2020s have been described as the critical decade for climate change.
Scientists and engineers champion building ventilation
A campaign promoting the role of better building ventilation to support health and wellbeing has been launched by a coalition of scientists and engineering bodies.
New materials to drive UK economic growth
The Government has announced a £95 million boost to develop the new materials of the future through research at the Henry Royce Institute, a consortium of nine institutions including Leeds.
Magnetism could help explain Earth’s formation
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.
Congo peatlands could release billions of tonnes of carbon
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.
Mapping the pressures of global food production
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.
Collaboration key to net zero
Working together is the only way communities, businesses and organisations in Yorkshire and Humber can make a successful transition to a low carbon future, says a leading climate scientist.