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Roger Gair at Gair Wood, smiling and leaning on a sign.

New woodland honours former University Secretary

Published
2 December 2022
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Working with our region
Science
Environment

Planting for a new woodland has begun on land owned by the University of Leeds on the northern edge of the city.

William Glacier

Underwater tsunamis created by glacier break-up

Published
22 November 2022
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Science
Environment

Scientists lucky enough to be in the “right place at the right time” witnessed a giant lump of ice breaking away from the William Glacier in Antarctica, a process known as calving.

Tropical forest

'Decade of action' to restore world's forests

Published
17 November 2022
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Science
Global
Environment

Leading researchers, including University of Leeds academics, want to see a decade of “global action” to restore the world’s lost and depleted forests.

A green cycling traffic light

'Communicate smarter' about climate change action

Published
10 November 2022
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Society & Politics
Science
Environment

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.

Ventilation ducts in a building

Scientists and engineers champion building ventilation

Published
8 November 2022
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Working with business
Science
Global
Health

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.

Fishing camp on the Ikelemba River, DRC

Congo peatlands could release billions of tonnes of carbon

Published
2 November 2022
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Science
Environment
Global

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.

Aya Al Sharqawy stands in a field of crops in Egypt

Fighting Egypt's plastic waste

Published
28 October 2022
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Alumni

When growing up in Cairo, plastic pollutants had a devastating impact upon Aya Al-Sharqawy and her family. It was the motivation she needed to tackle the crisis head on after Leeds.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Simone Buitendijk on stage and speaking to the audience with Tracy Brabin and Professor Piers Forster

Getting Yorkshire to net zero

Published
21 October 2022
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Society & Politics
Environment
Working with our region

Regional leaders and organisations must work ever more closely to achieve net zero in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Leeds skyline in the evening

Collaboration key to net zero

Published
17 October 2022
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Working with our region
Working with business
Science

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.

A selection of healthy food, including chicken, fish and vegetables

Calculating the carbon cost of food

Published
4 October 2022
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Science
Environment

A calculator which could reduce the level of carbon emissions generated by food production and consumption has been developed by data scientists at the University of Leeds.