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• Environment scientists close in on ‘golden spike’ to define Anthropocene

  Date: 18/05/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/anthropocene-berlin

  Leicester researchers searching for a ‘golden spike’ to formally define humanity’s current geological period – and acknowledge human impact on our...

• University of Leicester joins major new campaign committed to action on climate

  Date: 28/04/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/climate-action

  Just four in 10 parents of 16 to 18-year-olds in the East Midlands believe that UK universities are equipping the next generation of students with...

• University of Leicester celebrates top 1.6% global sustainability ranking

  Date: 27/04/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/the-sustainability-ranking

  The University of Leicester is once again celebrating global sustainability success after being ranked among the top global universities for its...

• Earth Day: National Space Centre launches Home Planet gallery

  Date: 22/04/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/home-planet

  The next generation of climate change superheroes discovered the importance of our home in space at the launch of a new National Space Centre...

• Urgent action required to protect world’s coral reefs from disappearing within three decades, warn experts

  Date: 15/04/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/coral-reefs

  An international team of environmental scientists have published a series of significant recommendations to protect, conserve and study the...

• Leading steel technology specialists discuss why decarbonising the industry is vital for climate change

  Date: 05/04/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/decarbonising-steel-industry

  Government advisor and world-leading steel technology specialists to discuss why decarbonising the steel industry is vital for climate change

• Earth Observation research detects methane over Poland’s coal mines

  Date: 21/03/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/methane-mines

  Data from the Tropomi instrument onboard the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite has been used by Leicester-based Earth Observation experts to detect...

• Wider-reaching solutions urgently needed to reach realistic ‘net zero’, warn researchers

  Date: 28/01/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/landscape-decisions-net-zero

  There should be greater investment in using a wider group of experts to make decisions about how the landscape is managed if the UK is to reach...

• Tectonic shift in Southern Ocean caused dramatic ancient cooling event

  Date: 24/11/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/antarctica-tectonics

  New research has shed light on a sudden cooling event 34 million years ago, which contributed to formation of the Antarctic ice sheets.

• COP26: Leicester University Chorus perform in aid of Music Declares Emergency movement

  Date: 05/11/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/cop26-chorus

  A student group choir at the University of Leicester have joined forces with musicians and organisations around the world to highlight the damage...