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• Extensive freshened water beneath the ocean floor confirmed for the first time

  Date: 4 Feb 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/freshened-water-ocean-floor-confirmed

  International team including University of Leicester geoscientists provides first detailed evidence of long-suspected hidden fresh water aquifers,...

• Ancient fossils reveal the oldest known vertebrates had four eyes

  Date: 22 Jan 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/ancient-fossils-vertebrates-four-eyes

  Study by international team of researchers, including a University of Leicester palaeontologist, examines exquisitely preserved fossils from the...

• Leicester-led issue of prestigious journal collects latest thinking on human impact on biosphere

  Date: 22 Jan 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/prestigious-journal-human-impact-biosphere

  University of Leicester Earth scientist guest-edits issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, building on leading role in the...

• Inspirational environmental scientist returns to the University of Leicester to collect an honorary award

  Date: 15 Jan 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/environmental-scientist-returns-university-leicester-honorary-award

  An environmental scientist and champion of women in science, technology, engineering and maths has been honoured upon her return to the University...

• Ancient Antarctica reveals a ’one–two punch’ behind ice sheet collapse

  Date: 12 Jan 2026

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/ancient-antarctica-ice-sheet-collapse

  University of Leicester geoscientist contributes to study showing impact of ocean warming on ice sheets, using results obtained from expedition to...

• TV legend Johnny Ball gets University of Leicester staff, students and local schoolchildren thinking of numbers

  Date: 19 Nov 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/tv-legend-johnny-ball-thinking-numbers

  The science and mathematics communicator visited University of Leicester to launch the NSPCC’s Number Day 2026 and joined Dr Josh Smalley, chemist...

• Leicester Earth Observation expert unravels SpaceX spiral phenomenon for BBC’s The Sky at Night

  Date: 17 Nov 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/earth-observation-expert-spacex-spiral-phenomenon

  Professor Paul Monks gives his expert insight for the long-running BBC astronomy TV programme.

• Leicester delegation to COP30 includes experts covering climate from every angle

  Date: 4 Nov 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/cop30-attendees

  A delegation of experts from the University of Leicester is heading to the Conference of the Parties, or COP30, to bring the latest insights into...

• National award for Josh’s out of this world bakes with National Space Centre

  Date: 29 Oct 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/national-award-josh-bakes-space-centre

  Instagram series Mission Bake, a collaboration between Dr Josh Smalley and the National Space Centre, has won first place at the Sir Arthur Clarke...

• Leicester geologist to present rock-licking trick for Hallowe’en treat at Royal Institution

  Date: 29 Oct 2025

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/geologist-rock-licking-halloween-royal-institution

  Professor Jan Zalasiewicz joins panel at the Royal Institution on 31 October with other winners of Ig Nobel Prizes to explain their winning work...