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Research to understand peatland policy ‘on the ground’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/peatlands
Postgraduate research at the University of Leicester is seeking to understand how peatland policy is implemented at a local level, gaining...
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Pterosaurs needed feet on the ground to become giants
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/pterosaur
University of Leicester study determines when and how pterosaurs went from tiny tree-climbers to towering terrestrial titans
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Leicester geoscientist makes expedition to the site of Japanese earthquake
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/japan
A University of Leicester geoscientist is joining the crew of a science vessel investigating the site of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan.
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Leicester experts call for recognition of the Anthropocene epoch
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/anthropocene
Geologists from the University of Leicester (UK) have joined forces with more than 50 peers to call for an official recognition of a proposed...
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Ocean temperature record unlocked from Fijian coral reveals highest warmth in over six centuries
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/coral-warming
Unique 627 year-long record of ocean temperatures in the Fijian archipelago published by international team co-led by University of Leicester
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Gigantic Jurassic pterosaur fossil unearthed in Oxfordshire
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/gigantic-pterosaur
University of Leicester researcher involved in study of one of the largest pterosaurs of the Jurassic era
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Colourful plastics may lead to more microplastics: new study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/microplastic-colours
Study led by University of Leicester concludes that colourants in plastic can affect the rate at which it breaks down and can lead to more harmful...
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New analysis reveals the brutal history of the Winchcombe meteorite’s journey through space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/winchcombe-meteorite
Famous meteorite undergoes scientific analysis, including advanced electron microscopy at University of Leicester, providing insight into the...
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New investment in seismic monitoring facility at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/seis-uk-nerc-funding
Leicester-based SEIS-UK is to benefit from new funding from Natural Environmental Research Council, as will two facilities led by the National...
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UK scientific expertise supports first high-resolution fossil coral record of environmental data off Hawai’i
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/hawaii-coral
UK-based scientist from the University of St Andrews and scientific operators from the British Geological Survey and the University of Leicester...