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• 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.

• Drying Congo peatlands threaten to accelerate climate change

  Date: 07/11/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/congo-cop27

  Study reveals how the Congo peatlands changed from being a major store of carbon to a source of damaging carbon dioxide emissions.

• Newly appointed Archbishop of Cardiff discusses time as student at University of Leicester

  Date: 24/08/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/archbishop-cardiff

  Leicester alumnus and newly appointed Archbishop of Cardiff, Mark O’Toole, has spoken about his time at the University.

• 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.

• Ceremony late show sees Gloria make University of Leicester history

  Date: 26/07/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/gloria-mawete

  Geography student makes University of Leicester graduation history

• Scientists pour cold water on claim British rivers are ‘cleanest since Industrial Revolution’

  Date: 12/07/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/river-water-quality

  Scientists and charities have poured cold water on recent claims that water quality in British rivers is “better than at any time since the end of...

• 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...

• 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.