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• Tectonic shift in Southern Ocean caused dramatic ancient cooling event

  Date: 24 Nov 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/antarctica-tectonics

  New research has shed light on a sudden cooling event 34 million years ago, which contributed to formation of the Antarctic ice sheets.

• Major £1.7m funding to clean up Philippines mineral extraction

  Date: 18 Nov 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/promt

  Leicester researchers have been awarded part of a £1.

• COP26: Leicester University Chorus perform in aid of Music Declares Emergency movement

  Date: 5 Nov 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/cop26-chorus

  A student group choir at the University of Leicester have joined forces with musicians and organisations around the world to highlight the damage...

• COP26: Funding boost for new space mission to monitor carbon

  Date: 4 Nov 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/microcarb

  Leicester researchers will contribute to a new joint British and French space mission dedicated to monitoring atmospheric carbon dioxide – the...

• COP26: Leicester experts on world stage to combat climate crisis

  Date: 29 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/cop26

  Leicester scientists will feature on the world stage as they share their expertise at COP26.

• COP26: First public event to be held at Space Park Leicester

  Date: 29 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/space-park-conversations

  Space Park Leicester is set to host the first in a series of public events highlighting Leicester’s role ahead of the UN’s Climate Change...

• Research identifies new family of marine ‘megaphages’

  Date: 21 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/marine-megaphages

  Microbiologists have identified a new family of marine megaphages which could change understanding of Earth’s carbon and nitrogen cycles.

• Excitement builds for launch of James Webb Space Telescope

  Date: 16 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/jwst-launch

  Space scientists from across the globe are counting down to the launch of the most advanced observatory ever built.

• Research reveals earliest evidence yet of huge hippos in Britain

  Date: 4 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/hippo-fossil

  Palaeobiologists have unearthed the earliest evidence yet of hippos in the UK.

• Leicester scholars co-host international workshop to tackle SDGs

  Date: 11 Aug 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/metals-workshop-sdgs

  Engineering students and materials researchers based at the University of Leicester have joined forces with peers in China to help tackle two of...