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• Anthropocene book series launches in Croatia with book on the far-future Earth by Leicester geologist

  Date: 20 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/anthropocene-book-series-launches-in-croatia-with-book-on-the-far-future-earth-by-leicester-geologist

  A new book series titled ‘Anthropocene’ has just been launched by Croatia’s leading academic book publisher Skolska knjiga, with the first title...

• New research highlights how environment plays key role in changing movement behaviour of animals

  Date: 27 Oct 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/new-research-highlights-how-environment-plays-key-role-in-changing-movement-behaviour-of-animals

  Researchers from our Department of Mathematics have developed a theory which explains how small animals, such as bats, insects and birds, adjust...

• Scientist discusses global environmental issues at Sultans banquet

  Date: 23 Oct 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/scientist-discusses-global-environmental-issues-at-sultan2019s-banquet

  Professor Jan Zalasiewicz (pictured) from our School of Geography, Geology and the Environment recently spoke at a banquet in Frankfurt held by...

• Six degrees of separation why it is a small world after all

  Date: 19 Oct 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/six-degrees-of-separation-why-it-is-a-small-world-after-all

  It’s a small world after all – and now science has explained why.

• University of Leicester Mathematician accorded title of Pioneer at International Conference

  Date: 6 Oct 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/university-of-leicester-mathematician-accorded-title-of-pioneer-at-international-conference

  Professor Alexander Gorban, a mathematician from our University, has been accorded the title of Pioneer of Russian Neuroinformatics.

• Geology researchers participate in Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society events

  Date: 2 Oct 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/geology-professors-participate-in-leicester-literary-and-philosophical-society-events

  Founded in 1835, The Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society predates the University by over a century, yet it was an integral catalyst in...

• Scientists suggest significant scale of human impact on planet has changed course of Earths history

  Date: 29 Sep 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/scientists-suggest-significant-scale-of-human-impact-on-planet-has-changed-course-of-earth2019s-history

  The significant scale of human impact on our planet has changed the course of Earth history, an international team of scientists led by our School...

• Leicester passes 4 million readers milestone on The Conversation

  Date: 19 Sep 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-passes-4-million-reader-milestone-on-the-conversation

  Academics from across our University have collectively captured the imagination of over 4 million readers through nearly 230 articles written...

• Encore Geologists on scientific drilling odyssey

  Date: 12 Sep 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/geologists-on-third-scientific-drilling-exhibition-at-sea

  For the third time in two years, Leicester geologists from the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment will participate in an offshore...

• Antarcticas volcanoes a song of ice and fire

  Date: 7 Sep 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/antarcticas-volcanoes-a-song-of-ice-and-fire

  Antarctica is a vast icy wasteland covered by the world’s largest ice sheet. This ice sheet contains about 90% of fresh water on the planet.