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• Ancient Antarctica reveals a ’one–two punch’ behind ice sheet collapse

  Date: 12 Jan 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/ancient-antarctica-ice-sheet-collapse

  University of Leicester geoscientist contributes to study showing impact of ocean warming on ice sheets, using results obtained from expedition to...

• Leicester researchers use satellites to tackle landfill methane leaks

  Date: 18 Dec 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/satellites-landfill-methane-leaks

  Research team from the School of Physics and Astronomy and Space Park Leicester is testing how space-based technology can help find leaks and then...

• COP30 poems celebrating Planet Earth released by Space Park Leicester

  Date: 17 Dec 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/cop30-poems-celebrating-planet-earth

  Poetry competition sees poets of all ages explore our climate and planet

• Sycamore Gap sapling planted in University of Leicester Botanic Garden

  Date: 16 Dec 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/nick-bailey-sycamore-gap-botanic-garden

  The University of Leicester’s Botanic Garden is now home to one of the iconic Sycamore Gap saplings from the National Trust

• Leicester expert in top 50 list of innovators driving transition to net zero 

  Date: 11 Dec 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/heiko-balzter-net-zero-50

  An Earth observation expert from the University of Leicester has been named one of the UK’s top 50 innovators who are driving the transition to...

• Africa’s forests have switched from absorbing to emitting carbon, new study finds

  Date: 27 Nov 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/africa-forests-absorbing-emitting-carbon

  Analysis led by University of Leicester shows the African continent lost approximately 106 billion kilograms of forest biomass per year between...

• Mock COP imagines climate conference with students at the negotiating table

  Date: 25 Nov 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/mock-cop-climate-conference-students-negotiating

  Students from the University of Leicester Student Union's Sustainability Council staged their own version of COP

• Discovery of plant reproductive success provides insights into human fertility

  Date: 19 Nov 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/plant-reproduction-fertility-chromosomes-leicester

  University of Leicester researchers have uncovered how successful chromosome segregation during sexual reproduction is achieved in plants.

• Successful Arctic expedition establishes new instrument for monitoring climate change

  Date: 11 Nov 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/arctic-expedition-instrument-monitoring-climate-change

  Team from the University of Leicester’s Surface Temperature Group has returned from the Arctic Circle after establishing a validation station on...

• Leicester delegation to COP30 includes experts covering climate from every angle

  Date: 4 Nov 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/cop30-attendees

  A delegation of experts from the University of Leicester is heading to the Conference of the Parties, or COP30, to bring the latest insights into...