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• Forests recovering from logging act as a source of carbon

  Date: 10 Jan 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/forests-logging-carbon

  New study led by University of Leicester PhD student and Imperial College London researchers contradicts previous assumptions.

• Double distinction for Leicester’s ‘Mr Antarctic Volcano’ in New Year Honours

  Date: 5 Jan 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/john-smellie-polar-medal

  University of Leicester volcanologist Professor John Smellie receives Polar Medal for the second time, from second monarch.

• Drying Congo peatlands threaten to accelerate climate change

  Date: 7 Nov 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/congo-cop27

  Study reveals how the Congo peatlands changed from being a major store of carbon to a source of damaging carbon dioxide emissions.

• Newly appointed Archbishop of Cardiff discusses time as student at University of Leicester

  Date: 24 Aug 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/archbishop-cardiff

  Leicester alumnus and newly appointed Archbishop of Cardiff, Mark O’Toole, has spoken about his time at the University.

• Rotting fish help solve mystery of how soft tissue fossils form

  Date: 8 Aug 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/fish-ph-fossils

  New research at the University of Leicester has transformed scientists’ understanding of how spectacular fossils with delicate soft tissues form.

• River researcher awarded prestigious Fulbright Scholarship

  Date: 3 Aug 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/fulbright-rivers

  A Leicester expert in river systems has been awarded a prestigious scholarship to expand her research in the USA.

• Ceremony late show sees Gloria make University of Leicester history

  Date: 26 Jul 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/gloria-mawete

  Geography student makes University of Leicester graduation history

• Scientists pour cold water on claim British rivers are ‘cleanest since Industrial Revolution’

  Date: 12 Jul 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/river-water-quality

  Scientists and charities have poured cold water on recent claims that water quality in British rivers is “better than at any time since the end of...

• Carbon Keepers project to create new carbon credits for farmers and landowners

  Date: 23 Jun 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/carbon-keepers

  Carbon Keepers, a green tech start-up, has signed up to the national SPRINT (Space Research and Innovation Network for Technology) business...

• The Cosmic Oasis: Leicester environment experts explore Earth’s biosphere in new popular science book

  Date: 20 Jun 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/cosmic-oasis

  Environment experts from the University of Leicester will explore human impact on our planet’s delicate biosphere in a new book.