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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...
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Fossil fuel burning leaves its mark in Mediterranean corals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/coral-pollutant
New study involving the University of Leicester identifies carbon particles emitted by burning fossil fuels embedded in corals
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New species of Jurassic pterosaur discovered on the Isle of Skye
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/pterosaur-ceoptera
Team including University of Leicester palaeontologist have studied a fossil that suggests the flying reptiles developed earlier and were more...
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Major research investment into national land use transformation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/land-use-net-zero
University of Leicester and The James Hutton Institute are co-leading a transdisciplinary hub looking to bridge the gap between science and policy...
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£2.6 million centre to train mineral resources experts for a new generation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/target-minerals-postgraduate
Training and Research Group for Energy Transition Mineral Resources (TARGET) to be led by University of Leicester with universities, research...
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Fire, flood, winds and earthquakes: satellite imagery reveals damage wrought by changing climate
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/climate-satellite-imagery
Earth observation scientists in Leicester release new series of images that paint a picture of our climate vulnerability, released to coincide...
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Bizarre new fossils shed light on ancient plankton
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/fossils-plankton
Microfossils discovered by University of Leicester scientist date back half a billion years.
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‘Fizzy pop’ process reveals copper-rich volcanoes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/volcano
Identifying magmas that experience the same process that makes fizzy drinks ‘bubbly’ has been used by a team of University of Leicester geologists...
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Core values: the geoscientists searching for climate answers beneath the ocean floor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/hawaii-coral-geoscience
Two geoscientists from the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment are on a voyage to unearth the hidden history within Hawai’ian fossil...