584 results for 'global food and environment'
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- 11 March 2020
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- Global | Environment
Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice faster than in the 1990s and are both tracking the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s worst-case climate warming scenario.
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- 4 March 2020
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- Science | Environment
The ability of the world’s tropical forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere is decreasing, according to a study tracking 300,000 trees over 30 years, published today in Nature.
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- 26 February 2020
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- Global | Environment
Extinction risk could decrease by more than 50% if at least 30% of land were to be conserved across the tropics, a new study reveals.
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- 5 February 2020
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- Working with business | Technology
A project researching the latest autonomous vehicle technologies has successfully completed a 230-mile self-navigated journey on UK roads.
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- 24 January 2020
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- University
Leeds and the City Region takes its place on the international stage this January, with visitors from across the world seeing first-hand how Leeds inspires innovation.
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- 16 January 2020
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- Global | Environment
UK scientists are taking to the skies as part of a major international research campaign to better understand the behaviour of clouds and their role in climate change.
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- 31 December 2019
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- Science | Environment
A new centre will enable 50 fully-funded PhD researchers to harness satellite data to tackle global environmental challenges.
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- 10 December 2019
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- Science | Environment
Greenland is losing ice faster than in the 1990s and is tracking the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s high-end climate scenario.
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- 10 December 2019
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- Science | Environment
New research strongly suggests the distinct "oxygenation events" which created Earth’s breathable atmosphere happened spontaneously, rather than as a consequence of biological or tectonic revolutions.
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- 27 November 2019
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- Science | Environment
According to new research nearly 40 percent of global land plant species can be categorized as very rare, and these species are most at risk of extinction as climate and land use continues to change.
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- 18 November 2019
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- Environment | Science
During the last two decades agricultural practices and nitrogen-rich fertilisers have significantly increased the amount of nitrous oxide emissions in the atmosphere, according to a new study.
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- 11 November 2019
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- University
One million pieces of single-use plastic have been removed from use across campus during the past 12 months.
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- 25 October 2019
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- University | Science
The White Rose universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York have received renewed Government funding for 150 PhD researchers in the biological sciences.
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- 17 October 2019
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- Global | Health
Scientists have uncovered a novel antibiotic-free approach that could help prevent and treat one of the most widespread bacterial pathogens, using nanocapsules made of natural ingredients.
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- 19 September 2019
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- Global | Environment
A new report shows low carbon measures in cities could reduce urban emissions by nearly 90% and support 87 million jobs worldwide by 2030.