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Warmer springs can actually reduce overall plant growth, study finds
A extensive study on the effects of warmer springs on plant growth in northern regions shows substantially reduced plant productivity in later months....
Hard and fast emission cuts will slow warming sooner than expected
A new study shows that strong and rapid action to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases will help to slow down the rate of global warming over the next 20 years....
Politicians join forces with Leeds researchers for net-zero solutions
University of Leeds academics have worked alongside with politicians to help address urgent climate issues....
Leeds Met Office Partnership renewed to build on a decade of successful weather and climate research
The University of Leeds is delighted to announce that its prestigious partnership with the Met Office will continue. ...
How primitive plants evolved to survive Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event
Earth responded to its most severe past warming event by evolving a new and bizarre type of photosynthesis that allowed a group of primitive plants to survive....
Professor Dominick Spracklen awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator grant
Professor Dominick Spracklen has secured highly prestigious European Research Council funding worth £2 million euros over the next five years....
Mobile X-band weather radar deployed in Cumbria to improve regional flood forecasting
Three scientists from the School of Earth and Environment are part of a team aiming to improve flood forecasting in Cumbria....
Imogen Rattle from the Royal Geographical Society & Institute of British Geographers conference
Imogen Rattle reports back from Royal Geographical Society & Institute of British Geographers annual international conference....
Antarctic fossils reveal creatures weren't safer in the south during dinosaur extinction
A study of more than 6000 marine fossils from the Antarctic shows that the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs was sudden and just as deadly to life in the polar regions....
Scientists observe first signs of healing in the Antarctic ozone layer
New research has identified clear signs that the hole in the Antarctic ozone layer is beginning to close....
Climate Benefits of Intact Amazon Forests and the Biophysical Consequences of Disturbance
The loss of forest cover in the Amazon has a significant impact on the local climate in Brazil, according to a new study by School of Earth and Environment researchers at the University of Leeds....
Permo-Triassic boundary carbon and mercury cycling linked to terrestrial ecosystem collapse
A new study shows for the first time that the collapse of terrestrial ecosystems during Earth's most deadly mass extinction event was directly responsible for disrupting ocean chemistry....
Helping Yorkshire reduce its carbon footprint
A West Yorkshire city’s ambitious plans to tackle the effects of climate change are being supported by three University of Leeds students....
Reducing carbon emissions not enough to prevent ‘catastrophic climate change’
rofessor Lea Berrang Ford says populations around the world need to adapt their lives dramatically to cope with the warming we’ve already caused – even if we do reach net zero. ...
Current food production systems could mean far-reaching habitat loss
The global food system could drive rapid and widespread biodiversity loss if not changed, new research by the University of Leeds has found....