594 results for 'global food environment'
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- 30 July 2015
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- Environment
An entire ecosystem is at risk from the effects of climate change on the UK’s blanket bogs, scientists at the University of Leeds have warned.
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- 10 July 2015
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- University
Olympic boxer, Nicola Adams, and Sir Peter Hendy, Leeds graduate and the new Chairman of Network Rail, are amongst a host of distinguished individuals receiving an honorary degree this year
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- 12 May 2015
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- Business & Economy | Technology | Working with business
Businesses can benefit from access to leaders in commercial innovation, thanks to collaboration between the University of Leeds and Marks & Spencer.
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- 27 April 2015
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- Environment
University of Leeds researchers are playing a key role in a €7 million international collaboration, granted by the European Union's Horizon 2020 fund, to develop new, eco-friendly pesticides.
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- 18 March 2015
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- Environment
Parasites can play an important role in driving cannibalism, according to a new research which looked at cannibalism among freshwater shrimp in Northern Ireland.
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- 18 March 2015
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- Environment
The most extensive land-based study of the Amazon to date reveals it is losing its capacity to absorb carbon from the atmosphere.
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- 11 March 2015
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- Technology | Science | Environment
The human-dominated geological epoch known as the Anthropocene probably began around the year 1610, according to new research published today in Nature.
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- 23 January 2015
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- Environment
Satellite images have revealed that a remote Arctic ice cap has thinned by more than 50 metres since 2012 - about one sixth of its original thickness - and that it is now flowing 25 times faster.
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- 9 January 2015
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- Environment
New research paints a grim picture for the future of China's water supply, as its booming economy continues to heap pressure on its natural resources, according to new research.
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- 15 December 2014
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- Environment
Predictions of Greenland ice loss and its impact on rising sea levels may have been greatly underestimated, according to scientists at the University of Leeds.
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- 26 November 2014
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- Environment
The deliberate, large-scale intervention in the Earth's climate system is not a "quick fix" for global warming, according to the findings of the UK's first publicly funded studies on geoengineering.
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- 1 October 2014
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- University
The University of Leeds is offering 250 new opportunities for academic researchers in its biggest ever recruitment drive.
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- 30 July 2014
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- Health | University
The University of Leeds is joining forces with one of the world's major resources for the study of medical history as part of a project to create a comprehensive online resource.
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- 15 July 2014
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- Environment | Health
University of Leeds spin-out Keracol Limited has teamed up with Marks & Spencer to produce a natural skin care range using the waste products of grapes.
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- 6 June 2014
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- Environment
Reducing deforestation in the tropics would significantly cut the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere - by as much as one-fifth - research shows.