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•	Surface meltwater ponding on dark ice (Credit C F Dow)

Greenland ice flow likely to speed up

Published
16 August 2017
Categories
Global
Science
Environment

New seismic surveys are challenging the view that recent slowdowns in Greenland’s ice flow will continue in the long term.

A. Fleming, British Antarctic Survey

Tracking the giant Antarctic iceberg

Published
2 August 2017
Categories
Global
Environment

The largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula lost nearly 10% of its area when an iceberg four times the size of London broke free earlier this month.

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Scrutinising sugary drink interventions

Published
20 July 2017
Categories
Science
Health

An evaluation of efforts designed to reduce how many sugary drinks we consume shows some success in changing younger people’s habits but warns they cannot be the only way to cut consumption.

Barbican, concrete

High-tech sensing illuminates concrete stress testing

Published
18 July 2017
Categories
Science
Business and partnerships

Using the principles of light, Leeds scientists have discovered a new way to measure the strength of modern forms of concrete – giving industry a better way to understand when it could fracture.

Picture shows a mouse in a laboratory

Mouse scans to tackle human heart disease

Published
13 July 2017
Categories
Health
Research and innovation

It’s two thousand times smaller and beats ten times faster – but the mouse heart holds important clues to the way heart disease develops in humans.

Misty morning at Roundhay Park, Leeds

Experts call for a sustainable parks policy

Published
11 July 2017
Categories
Environment
Society & Politics

Urban parks and green spaces are in danger of falling into neglect unless the Government shows leadership to safeguard their future, a coalition of park professionals and researchers has warned.