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New environmental sciences PhD places part of major investment
The University is to receive £6 million in funding for additional PhD places as part of a major investment in science and engineering in the UK, announced by Business Secretary Greg Clark....
School of Earth and Environment celebrates REF 2021 outcome
School of Earth and Environment celebrates REF 2021 outcome ...
PEGASUS: Producing EnerGy and preventing hAzards from SUrface water Storage in Peru
Research projects in the Faculty of Environment...
Excellent student satisfaction results for the Faculty of Environment
The Faculty of Environment has achieved excellent student satisfaction results in the 2017 National Student Survey (NSS)....
How plankton help control clouds over the world's most remote oceans
Dan Grosvenor, from the Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, has written for 'The Conversation'....
Life goes on for marine ecosystems after cataclysmic mass extinction
One of the largest global mass extinctions did not fundamentally change marine ecosystems, scientists have found....
Thanks to clouds, latest climate models predict more global warming than their predecessors
Researchers have found that the latest generation of global climate models predict more warming in response to increasing carbon dioxide than their predecessors. ...
Three new appointments in the Global Food and Environment Institute
Global Food and Environment Institute...
Two SEE scientists named in 2016 list of highly cited scientists wordlwide
Two School of Earth and Environment scientists, Dominick Spracklen and Ken Carslaw, have been named in a list of the most highly cited scientists across the world....
Researchers awarded Research England policy support funding
Seven research teams from the School of Earth and Environment have been awarded funding for new policy engagement projects. Many of the projects have a particular focus on developing and extending our collaborations across the City of Leeds and the...
International analysis narrows range of climate’s CO2 sensitivity
The most advanced and comprehensive analysis of climate sensitivity ever undertaken has revealed with more confidence than ever before how sensitive the Earth’s climate is to carbon dioxide....
President of Iceland visits University of Leeds for rewilding conference
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, the current President of Iceland, gave the keynote speech at 'The Future of Wild Europe' conference at the University of Leeds this September....
New study estimates frequency of flight-disrupting volcanic eruptions
Holidaymakers concerned about fresh volcanic eruptions causing flight-disrupting ash clouds across Northern Europe might be reassured by a study setting out the first reliable estimates of their frequency....
Scientists warn of the risk from air pollution over the megacities of West Africa
New research by European and African scientists, including a team from ICAS, warns of the risks posed by the increasing air pollution over the cities of West Africa....
The underestimated cooling effect on the planet from historic fires
Historic levels of particles in the atmosphere released from pre-industrial era fires, and their cooling effect on the planet, may have been significantly underestimated according to a new study....