283 results for 'permafrost'
Earth's magnetic field changes faster than previously thought
A new study reveals that changes in the direction of the Earth’s magnetic field may take place 10 times faster than previously thought....
Shooting Gold Grains with Lasers to Find Out Where They Came From
News, Institute of Applied Geoscience, Rob Chapman...
Terrific Scientific's Rainforest Legacy: Terrific Tropical Trees
United Bank of Carbon is delighted to launch Terrific Tropical Trees, whereby a tree is being planted in one of four new African forests for every school that completes the BBC's Terrific Scientific "Trees" Experiment....
Understanding the climate impact of natural atmospheric particles
An international team of scientists, led by the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds, has quantified the relationship between natural sources of particles in the atmosphere and climate change. ...
We cannot address global water challenges without social sciences
We cannot address global water challenges without social sciences...
Lightning strikes played vital role in origins of life on Earth
Lightning strikes were just as important as meteorites in creating the perfect conditions for life to emerge on Earth, geologists say....
Oxygen linked with the boom and bust of early animal evolution
New research reveals clues to a crucial period of rapid evolution in complex animals that began roughly 540 million years ago....
The University of Leeds is contributing to ensure greater resilience of the UK's food supply
Dr Julia Martin-Ortega (Earth and Environment) and Dr Miller Alonso Camargo-Valero (Civil Engineering) have just been awarded one of the five projects funded by the UK’s Global Food Security programme (£1.51M). ...
Energy switching decisions could widen social inequalities
New energy tariffs designed for a low carbon future could leave people on bad deals even worse off, research by the University of Leeds has found....
Why Wool Matters film featuring King Charles III and Leeds experts wins Best Fashion Documentary
Why Wool Matters, a documentary featuring King Charles III and experts from the University of Leeds, has been awarded Best Fashion Documentary’ at London Fashion Film Festival....
Antarctica’s glacial border migrates for miles with the tide
New measurements of how boundary between onshore glacier and floating ice shelf glides back-and- forth could help predict melting...
Rethink on energy charging could reduce bills for 70% of households
Researchers have found that 70% of UK households would be better off if costs of government energy policy were removed from gas and electricity bills and applied according to household income....
£2m ERC grant for Earth environment simulation to discover earth origins and life in the galaxy
SIM-EARTH will use a new computational technique that I have recently prototyped to couple plate tectonics, physical climate and global biogeochemical cycles over billions of years, creating for the first time a 3D and time-evolving model of a...
Greenland’s ice sheet is melting and being replaced by vegetation
Greenland’s ice sheet is melting - and being replaced by vegetation ...
Scientists discover rapid sea-level rise along the Atlantic coast of North America 300 years ago
A new study, involving a Leeds scientist, has discovered that 18th Century sea level rise along North America’s Atlantic coast were almost as fast as in the 20th Century. ...