594 results for 'global food environment'
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- 19 May 2014
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- Environment
Three years of observations show that the Antarctic ice sheet is now losing 159 billion tonnes of ice each year - twice as much as when it was last surveyed.
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- 9 May 2014
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- Science | Environment
A team of scientists has found that Borneo's productive trees are vitally important for global carbon cycling.
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- 23 April 2014
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- Arts & Culture
A priceless First Folio of Shakespeare's plays is now available online, following months of painstaking digitization work at the University of Leeds.
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- 23 April 2014
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- Environment
Carbon offsetting initiatives could be improved with new insights into the make-up of tropical forests.
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- 10 April 2014
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- Environment
Foreign species that are devastating water ecosystems could be "hitchhiking" around Britain on canoeists' and anglers' kit, according to a new study.
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- 10 March 2014
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- Environment | Science
The first animals may have oxygenated the Earth's oceans - contrary to the traditional view that a rise in oxygen triggered their development, according to a study published in Nature Geoscience.
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- 6 February 2014
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- Environment
As the climate changes, the Amazon Basin may release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than it absorbs, according to a new study published in the journal Nature.
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- 21 January 2014
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- Technology | University
A multi-million pound centre for "big data" analytics at the University of Leeds will lead to unprecedented new insights into society, business and health in the UK.
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- 29 November 2013
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- University
The University of Leeds has announced a £60m fundraising campaign to create new student opportunities, push forward its research and support its vision of a place among world-leading universities.
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- 4 November 2013
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- Environment
The University of Leeds is spearheading the drive to recruit the next generation of environmental scientists.
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- 30 October 2013
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- Environment | Technology | Science
For the first time, astronomers and global change researchers are collaborating to measure changes at a global scale on our own planet, beginning with tropical forests.
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- 26 September 2013
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- University
Innovative partnerships between the University of Leeds and key medical technologies companies were highlighted at ministerial level.
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- 14 August 2013
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- Environment
Policymakers often talk about moving towards a green society, but in the largest study of its kind, an international team of researchers has found that this would restrict economic growth.
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- 23 July 2013
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- Environment
Climate models can help predict some crop failures several months before harvest, according to a new study.
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- 18 July 2013
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- Environment
Stricter controls over bumblebee imports to the UK are urgently required to prevent diseases spreading to native bumblebees and honeybees, scientists have warned.