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• Fire and ice: the Antarctic volcanoes that hint at our climate future

  Date: 13/01/2023 00:00:00

  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...

• University of Leicester commits to reverse biodiversity decline through worldwide Nature Positive Universities Alliance

  Date: 08/12/2022 00:00:00

  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...

• Space data tracks record-breaking UK heatwave

  Date: 18/07/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/nceo-hottest-day

  Earth Observation (EO) experts based at the University of Leicester have laid bare the UK’s record-breaking heatwave with data captured from space.

• Carbon Keepers project to create new carbon credits for farmers and landowners

  Date: 23/06/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/carbon-keepers

  Carbon Keepers, a green tech start-up, has signed up to the national SPRINT (Space Research and Innovation Network for Technology) business...

• The Cosmic Oasis: Leicester environment experts explore Earth’s biosphere in new popular science book

  Date: 20/06/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/cosmic-oasis

  Environment experts from the University of Leicester will explore human impact on our planet’s delicate biosphere in a new book.

• 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...