584 results for 'global food and environment'
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- 18 September 2019
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- Global | Environment
Reducing fossil fuel emissions aggressively but gradually will not cause a large spike in short-term warming as feared, according to new research.
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- 17 September 2019
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- News | Environment
The University of Leeds has fully divested from significant fossil fuel extractors and has set out seven bold principles it will adopt to help tackle the climate crisis.
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- 3 September 2019
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- Arts & Culture | University
Professor Andrew Thorpe has been appointed as the next Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures, and Professor of Modern History.
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- 2 August 2019
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- University
July's round-up of some of the latest research and education stories from the University.
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- 1 August 2019
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- University
Leeds and the City Region has been chosen to host a prestigious international programme, in partnership with one of the world’s most famous universities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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- 17 July 2019
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- Global | Environment
A new framework provides a robust scientific tool for researchers, policymakers and industry to calculate remaining global carbon budgets.
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- 15 July 2019
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- Science | Health
A nutritional survey of baby food on sale in Europe has shown that a significant number of products contain high sugar levels that contradict World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations.
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- 11 July 2019
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- Science | Environment
An evaluation of the global energy return on investment for fossil fuels and renewable sources reveals a much more level playing field than previously believed.
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- 25 June 2019
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- Environment | University
Leeds has won an award for embedding a collaborative approach to sustainability across all aspects of the University curriculum.
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- 24 June 2019
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- University | Environment
The Priestley Building will provide a base on the University's main campus for leading climate-related research.
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- 7 June 2019
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- Environment | Global
Seven areas of fast-flowing ice on the Antarctic Peninsula have been formally named after Earth observation satellites, following a request by a University of Leeds scientist.
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- 7 June 2019
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- University
The University has appointed Professor Edmund Linfield as the first Director for the Bragg Centre for Materials Research.
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- 16 May 2019
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- Science | Environment
In only 25 years, ocean melting has caused ice thinning to spread across West Antarctica so rapidly that 24% of its glacier ice is now affected, according to a new study.
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- 7 May 2019
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- University | Science
Three University of Leeds researchers have received a prestigious fellowship aimed at tackling global challenges.
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- 6 May 2019
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- Science | Environment
New research reveals clues to a crucial period of rapid evolution in complex animals that began roughly 540 million years ago.