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Fire and ice: the Antarctic volcanoes that hint at our climate future
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/john-smellie-antarctica-volcanoes-climate
Professor John Smellie, Honorary Professor in the School of Geology, Geography and the Environment, talks about his career and his love of the...
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Forests recovering from logging act as a source of carbon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/forests-logging-carbon
New study led by University of Leicester PhD student and Imperial College London researchers contradicts previous assumptions.
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University of Leicester commits to reverse biodiversity decline through worldwide Nature Positive Universities Alliance
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/nature-positive
The University of Leicester has been announced as one of the founding members of the Nature Positive Universities Alliance, continuing its...
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UK Government’s Earth Observation investment announcement highlights University of Leicester expertise
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/earth-observation-government-funding
The University of Leicester’s near-thirty year track record in Earth Observation Science has been acknowledged by the UK Government as it...
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Difficult Conversations: Mayor of Leicester to join expert panel to discuss making cities greener
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/cities-future
The Mayor of Leicester will join a public Q&A alongside University of Leicester experts to explore the relationship between cities and nature.
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£750,000 funding for seismic sensors at University of Leicester to shake up environmental science
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/seismic-sensors
A new, upgraded sensor array at the University of Leicester will allow scientists to monitor seismic activity in some of the world’s most...
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Major grant and awards recognition for electronic waste recycling solution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/ewaste-award
An electronic waste-recycling process that’s kinder to the planet – and uses pioneering technology developed at the University of Leicester – has...
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River researcher awarded prestigious Fulbright Scholarship
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/fulbright-rivers
A Leicester expert in river systems has been awarded a prestigious scholarship to expand her research in the USA.
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Air quality can be better for active commuters than drivers, research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/commute-air-quality
New Leicester research has found that people who commute by car can be subject to higher levels of harmful gases than those who walk or cycle to work.
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Leicester students win out of this world competition for satellite ideas
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/satellife
A team of students from Leicester has won thousands of pounds in a competition run by the UK Space Agency calling for innovative ideas on how...