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• 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...

• Major £1.7m funding to clean up Philippines mineral extraction

  Date: 18/11/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/promt

  Leicester researchers have been awarded part of a £1.

• Leicester experts feed £3.6 million sustainable agriculture training programme

  Date: 07/10/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/sustainable-agriculture-training

  Researchers at the University of Leicester will lend their expertise to a new £3.

• River research reveals scale of macroplastic pollution

  Date: 21/09/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/river-plastic

  Plastic pollution clogs river systems for considerably longer than previously thought, new research from the University of Leicester shows.

• Sea levels influence eruptions on Santorini

  Date: 02/08/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/santorini

  The rise and fall of sea levels influence the likelihood of volcanic eruptions on the Greek island of Santorini, new research published in Nature...

• Award-winning satellite ecosystem protection project developed by Leicester researchers showcased to Kenyan President

  Date: 28/07/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/forest-alert

  An award-winning satellite project developed by researchers at the University of Leicester with support from the National Centre for Earth...

• Top 5 Leicester projects for a greener future

  Date: 11/06/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/top-5-sustainable-projects

  The G7 Summit gets underway in Cornwall today (Friday), where world leaders will gather to tackle global challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic...

• Better peatland management could cut half a billion tonnes of carbon

  Date: 27/05/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/peatland-emissions-nature

  Half a billion tonnes of carbon emissions could be cut from Earth’s atmosphere by improved management of peatlands, according to research partly...

• University research plays ‘vital role’ in fighting climate change

  Date: 24/05/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/climate-exp0

  A leading UK Government minister has highlighted the ‘vital role’ which University research plays in delivering global climate change goals.

• New space research to survey chimpanzee habitats

  Date: 23/04/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/jgi-laser-chimps

  New space research at the University of Leicester is set to use remote sensing techniques to survey the habitats of endangered chimpanzees in the...