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• A new UK Climate Information Service formed to address the climate emergency

  Date: 09/03/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/nceo-climate-information-service

  The UK Earth Observation Climate Information Service (EOCIS) launched this week (7 March), led by the University of Leicester headquartered...

• 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...

• Forests recovering from logging act as a source of carbon

  Date: 10/01/2023 00:00:00

  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.

• 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...

• UK Government’s Earth Observation investment announcement highlights University of Leicester expertise

  Date: 25/11/2022 00:00:00

  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...

• Difficult Conversations: Mayor of Leicester to join expert panel to discuss making cities greener

  Date: 11/11/2022 00:00:00

  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.

• £750,000 funding for seismic sensors at University of Leicester to shake up environmental science

  Date: 27/09/2022 00:00:00

  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...

• Major grant and awards recognition for electronic waste recycling solution

  Date: 03/08/2022 00:00:00

  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...

• River researcher awarded prestigious Fulbright Scholarship

  Date: 03/08/2022 00:00:00

  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.

• Air quality can be better for active commuters than drivers, research shows

  Date: 27/07/2022 00:00:00

  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.