584 results for 'global food and environment'
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- 31 March 2023
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- Technology | Society & Politics | Arts & Culture | Research
Artists from around the globe have been connected with Leeds academics to explore climate change and justice in an online research project.
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- 20 March 2023
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- Global | Science | Environment
Scientists have calculated that the fastest changing Antarctic region - the Amundsen Sea Embayment - has lost more than 3,000 billion tonnes of ice over a 25-year period.
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- 16 March 2023
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- Environment | Science
Compass readings that do not show the direction of true north and interference with the operations of satellites are a few of the problems caused by peculiarities of the Earth’s magnetic field.
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- 10 March 2023
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- Working with business | University | Business & Economy
One of the UK’s leading banking experts has given a masterclass on careers in the financial sector during a special talk at the University of Leeds.
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- 7 March 2023
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- Alumni
Hind Hassan broadcasts from the most hostile environments in the world – from the conflict in Ukraine, to the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria – elevating the voices of those unheard.
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- 1 March 2023
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- Science | Global | Environment
Deforestation is resulting in reduced rainfall across large parts of the tropics, according to new research.
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- 27 February 2023
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- Science | Environment
Glaciers along the Antarctic peninsula are flowing faster in the summer because of a combination of melting snow and warmer ocean waters, say researchers.
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- 27 February 2023
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- Alumni | Research
Climate change is hitting the hardest in the world’s mountain ranges. We learn how Leeds glaciologist Professor Duncan Quincey is helping locals at the world's highest glacier.
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- 21 February 2023
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- Technology | Science | Environment | Research
Governments are not using the latest mapping technology to report key environmental data about tropical forests to the UN, say researchers.
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- 20 February 2023
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- Arts & Culture | Society & Politics | Environment | Research
World War II-style rationing could be an effective way to reduce carbon emissions, according to new research from the University of Leeds.
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- 6 February 2023
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- University | Business & Economy | Working with business
Offering lifelong opportunities to learn new skills and prepare for changing career demands is a key ambition of the University of Leeds.
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- 16 January 2023
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- Global | Environment | Science
Scientists have analysed data from nearly three million rivers across the globe to identify where hydropower stations could be sited with limited environmental impacts.
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- 9 January 2023
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- Science | Environment
Scientists have developed AI to track the development of crevasses - or fractures - on the Thwaites Glacier ice tongue in west Antarctica.
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- 8 December 2022
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- Science | Global | Environment
Reforestation projects could be made more effective with the findings of new research into the constraints on nitrogen fixation among plants.
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- 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.