584 results for 'global food and environment'
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- 15 December 2014
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- Environment
Predictions of Greenland ice loss and its impact on rising sea levels may have been greatly underestimated, according to scientists at the University of Leeds.
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- 26 November 2014
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- Environment
The deliberate, large-scale intervention in the Earth's climate system is not a "quick fix" for global warming, according to the findings of the UK's first publicly funded studies on geoengineering.
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- 1 October 2014
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- University
The University of Leeds is offering 250 new opportunities for academic researchers in its biggest ever recruitment drive.
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- 30 July 2014
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- Health | University
The University of Leeds is joining forces with one of the world's major resources for the study of medical history as part of a project to create a comprehensive online resource.
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- 15 July 2014
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- Environment | Health
University of Leeds spin-out Keracol Limited has teamed up with Marks & Spencer to produce a natural skin care range using the waste products of grapes.
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- 6 June 2014
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- Environment
Reducing deforestation in the tropics would significantly cut the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere - by as much as one-fifth - research shows.
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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.