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• Silent witnesses: corals pinpoint the start of deforestation in Borneo

  Date: 3 Jul 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/corals-pinpoint-deforestation-borneo

  University of Leicester scientists analyse the chemical composition of corals to spot the signs of deforestation, filling a huge gap in...

• Tree rings reveal increasing rainfall seasonality in the Amazon

  Date: 16 Jun 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/tree-rings-increasing-rainfall-seasonality-amazon

  Study involving University of Leicester researcher shows intensified seasonal cycles, with wet seasons are getting wetter and dry seasons drier,...

• Tradition meets AI as Leicester scientists help tackle Amazonian biodiversity crisis

  Date: 9 Jun 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/tradition-ai-leicester-scientists-amazonian-biodiversity-crisis

  Scientists led by University of Leicester working with universities in Brazil will support traditional communities to monitor biodiversity in the...

• Leicester scientists investigating ancient freshwater hundreds of metres below the sea floor

  Date: 20 May 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/scientists-ancient-freshwater-below-sea-floor

  International expedition off the coast of New England (Massachusetts, USA) includes researchers from the University of Leicester aiming to explore...

• Report shows rate of stillbirths and neonatal deaths decreased in 2023 but persistent inequalities remain

  Date: 8 May 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/perinatal-loss-infancy-death-leicester

  The MBRRACE-UK collaboration, jointly led by Oxford Population Health’s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit and the University of Leicester’s...

• New educational video series on Icelandic eruptions recognised in three of the UK’s most prestigious Geography educational awards

  Date: 6 May 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/video-icelandic-eruptions-geography-educational-awards

  University Leicester contributes to video series through the involvement of Dr Marc Reichow from the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment

• Leading UK society moves to Space Park Leicester ahead of landmark anniversary

  Date: 23 Apr 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/remote-sensing-photogrammetry-society-space-park

  The Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society has moved to the University of Leicester’s £100 million science and innovation park

• Wind turbine remains may be among ‘most surprising’ fossils for far future generations, palaeontologists say

  Date: 12 Mar 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/wind-turbine-remains-surprising-fossils-palaeontology

  University of Leicester palaeontologists publishing new book on technofossils suggest that wind turbine blades, made from difficult to recycle...

• Discovery of new 430 million-year-old fossils challenges our understanding of ancient molluscs

  Date: 8 Jan 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/punk-emo

  Study involving University of Leicester scientist examines ‘exceptionally preserved’ soft tissues in fossils

• A festive flying pterosaur family reunion 150 million years in the making

  Date: 19 Dec 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/pterosaur-reunion

  University of Leicester study finds nearly 50 hidden relatives of Pterodactylus, the first pterosaur