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Helping communities prepare for extreme weather and climate change

Published
22 December 2025
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News
Environment
Research

A Leeds academic has produced a series of booklets to help people cope with extreme weather, as the effects of climate change leave communities facing more devastating storms, floods and heatwaves.

Electric car charges at a pavement charging point on a sunny suburban street. The car is in the foreground of the image, with a row of red brick houses and parked cars behind it.

EVs 'just as safe for pedestrians'

Published
9 December 2025
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Research
Environment

Electric vehicles (EVs) are no more dangerous to pedestrians than traditional petrol or diesel cars, according to a new study.

Aerial top down view of ecoduct or wildlife crossing - vegetation covered bridge over a motorway that allows wildlife to safely cross over

Reducing the risks of wildlife corridors

Published
17 November 2025
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Environment
Research

Efforts to join up isolated plant and animal habitats across the world should also protect against unintentionally harming them, new research shows.  

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‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point

Published
13 October 2025
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Global
Environment
Research

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.

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85 new subglacial lakes detected below Antarctica

Published
19 September 2025
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Environment
News

Using a decade of satellite data, researchers have identified 85 previously unknown lakes several kilometres under the frozen surface surrounding the South Pole.

The Dead Sea shoreline

Saving the Dead Sea

Published
5 August 2025
Categories
Environment

As the Dead Sea shrinks at an alarming pace, environmental experts from the Middle East and UK are calling on regional policymakers to take urgent action.