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National programme to detect climate tipping points harnesses Leicester expertise
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/detect-tipping-points-climate-research
University of Leicester’s Professor Valerio Lucarini will lead a work package for Advancing Tipping Point Early Warning (AdvanTip) project
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Discovery of new 430 million-year-old fossils challenges our understanding of ancient molluscs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/punk-emo
Study involving University of Leicester scientist examines ‘exceptionally preserved’ soft tissues in fossils
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A festive flying pterosaur family reunion 150 million years in the making
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/pterosaur-reunion
University of Leicester study finds nearly 50 hidden relatives of Pterodactylus, the first pterosaur
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Antarctica’s irregular heartbeat shows signs of rapid melting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/ice-sheets
Geoscientists led by Universities of Leicester and Southampton create new climate record for early Antarctic ice ages and reveal that the early...
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Leap in modelling human impact on climate may lead to early warning of climate disasters
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/tipping-points
Mathematicians led by the University of Leicester have applied statistical mechanics to climate change detection and attribution for first time,...
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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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University of Leicester experts to present pioneering space research at the 75th International Astronautical Congress
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/iac-presentations
Three key members of the University’s Space Park Leicester team are presenting work at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Milan...
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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...