584 results for 'global food and environment'
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- 2 December 2021
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- News | Environment
Scientists discover two intense periods of volcanism triggered a period of global cooling and falling oxygen levels in the oceans, causing one of the most severe mass extinctions in Earth history.
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- 2 December 2021
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- Science | Global | Environment
Plans to restore Indonesian peatlands are a cost-effective strategy for reducing the impacts of peatland fires to the environment, climate and human health, says a new study.
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- 12 November 2021
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- Alumni
Jonathan Wild (Hon LLD 2011), the former Chair and Managing Director of Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate, is dedicated to his mission to protect the planet.
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- 10 November 2021
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- Environment
Carbon limits needed to contain global warming could be breached within six years in the Yorkshire and Humber region, a new report warns.
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- 31 October 2021
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- Global | Science | Environment | Research
A glacier in West Antarctica has been formally named after the city of Glasgow to mark its hosting of the COP26 climate change conference.
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- 28 October 2021
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- Working with business | Environment
Industry must speed up investment in new technologies that allow manufacture of materials using renewable electricity if net zero emissions targets are to be met, researchers warn.
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- 14 October 2021
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- Global | Science | Environment
Researchers in the UK and Africa have teamed up to help tea producers better understand future climate risks in a bid to reduce crop damage.
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- 11 October 2021
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- Society & Politics | Environment | University
Two new Executive Deans will join the University community at the start of 2022.
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- 16 September 2021
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- Environment
Restoring the world’s depleted peatlands now rather than later would have massive economic benefits to society, according to new research.
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- 15 September 2021
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- Working with business | Technology
Researchers across the University are preparing to showcase their digital expertise as part of a packed programme for the largest tech event in the UK.
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- 9 September 2021
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- Technology | Science
Neuroscientists have developed a computer model to explain how a nematode worm searches for food, revealing that single brain cells can both sense the environment and control foraging strategy.
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- 2 September 2021
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- Science | Health | Global | Environment
Setting fire to forest and agricultural land in Southeast Asia to prepare it for cultivation or grazing contributes to an estimated 59,000 premature deaths a year, say scientists.
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- 26 August 2021
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- Global | Environment
Scientists studying tropical forests in Africa’s mountains were surprised to uncover how much carbon they store, and how fast some of these forests are being cleared.
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- 24 August 2021
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- Global | Environment
Extensive chains of volcanoes have been responsible for both emitting and then removing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), stabilising temperatures at Earth’s surface.
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- 9 August 2021
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- Global | Environment
Changes in the Earth's climate caused by human activity are being observed in every region and across the whole climate system, according to a major international report released today.