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• Ancient climate change solves mystery of vanished South African lakes

  Date: 17/05/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/south-africa-lakes

  Arid regions of South Africa were once home to lakes, a University of Leicester-led study has confirmed.

• 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...

• Rotting fish help solve mystery of how soft tissue fossils form

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

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/fish-ph-fossils

  New research at the University of Leicester has transformed scientists’ understanding of how spectacular fossils with delicate soft tissues form.

• 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.

• The Cosmic Oasis: Leicester environment experts explore Earth’s biosphere in new popular science book

  Date: 20/06/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/cosmic-oasis

  Environment experts from the University of Leicester will explore human impact on our planet’s delicate biosphere in a new book.

• Environment scientists close in on ‘golden spike’ to define Anthropocene

  Date: 18/05/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/anthropocene-berlin

  Leicester researchers searching for a ‘golden spike’ to formally define humanity’s current geological period – and acknowledge human impact on our...

• Urgent action required to protect world’s coral reefs from disappearing within three decades, warn experts

  Date: 15/04/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/coral-reefs

  An international team of environmental scientists have published a series of significant recommendations to protect, conserve and study the...

• What do grasshoppers eat? It’s not just grass! New Leicester research shows similarities with mammal teeth like never before

  Date: 16/03/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/grasshopper-mandibles

  New research led by palaeobiologists at the University of Leicester has identified startling similarities between the mouths of grasshoppers and...

• Research aims to improve sleep for people with dementia

  Date: 11/02/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/dementia-sleep

  Leicester expertise in behavioural science will feed into a research programme helping to find new ways of supporting people with dementia who...

• Geologists uncover ‘Goldilocks Zone’ for precious metals in Earth’s crust

  Date: 31/01/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/goldilocks-zone

  Leicester research has identified a new ‘Goldilocks Zone’ in the Earth’s crust which could provide metals vital to the green revolution.