283 results for 'permafrost'
Leeds Alumni reunite at Unleash 2017 Denmark
Last August UNLEASH innovation lab 2017 took place in Denmark. UNLEASH is an initiative that brought together a 1000 young talents from 129 countries to co-create practical and innovative solutions to help realising the UN’s sustainability...
level rise, ocean warming, ice loss, and permafrost thawing....
Microplastics detected in rural woodland
Air-polluting microplastics have been found in rural areas in greater quantities than in cities, researchers say....
Reducing global inequality - options for change
Reducing global inequality to secure human wellbeing and climate safety: a modelling study...
Climate change could take us back 50 million years
A recently published paper, co-authored by University of Leeds' Professor Alan Haywood, shows that humans are reversing a long-term cooling trend, which traces back at least 50 million years. And it’s taken just two centuries....
Academic recognised by European Geosciences Union
Dr Anna Hogg been awarded the European Geosciences Union 2020 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award....
New links forged between SEE and Bayero University
Lindsay Stringer and Uche Okpara visited Bayero University, Kano (BUK) from 2-7 February 2018, following an invitation from the BUK Vice Chancellor Muhammad Yahuza Bello....
Clearing up cloudy climate predictions
UK scientists are taking to the skies as part of a major international research campaign to better understand the behaviour of clouds and their role in climate change....
Mapping the pressures of global food production
A map showing the environmental pressures from global food production has been developed by researchers, to identify ways of creating more sustainable and just food systems....
Leeds students join York’s deep geothermal project
Leeds Students Involved in York’s Deep Geothermal Project ...
Volcanic 'plumerang' could impact human health
A new study has found a previously undetected potential health risk from the high concentration of small particles found in a boomerang-like return of a volcanic plume....
New insight into climate impacts of deforestation
An international team of scientists, led by the University of Leeds, studied the way that reactive gases emitted by trees and vegetation affect the climate....
Anja Schmidt wins prestigious George Walker Award
We are delighted to announce that SEE Academic Research Fellow Anja Schmidt has won the highly prestigious George Walker Award of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI)....
Leeds to host regional hub for climate education
Leeds to host regional hub for climate education...
When love is in the air...
Researchers are asking everybody across the UK to help survey one of the most amazing phenomena in the insect world – when millions of ants take to the air for their nuptial flight....