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• Leicester’s commitment to sustainability leads to world rankings rise

  Date: 5 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/qs-sustainability-rankings

  The University of Leicester has shot up more than 100 places in a league table which ranks the sustainable credentials of universities around the...

• Challenge of climate justice highlighted by new book on Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution

  Date: 5 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/climate-justice

  The demand for a just and ethical transition to a decarbonised world faces major barriers in countries like Venezuela according to a new book by a...

• £1.5m funding to create ‘Digital Twin’ model to reduce methane emissions

  Date: 4 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/methane-tropical-wetlands

  A ‘Digital Twin’ for methane emissions from tropical wetlands will be supported by funding to Dr Robert Parker from the University of Leicester...

• Tackling the climate crisis from space: Leicester puts quality data at the forefront of COP28 agenda

  Date: 28 Nov 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/cop28-space-climate

  Three University of Leicester experts will attend COP28 in Dubai to show the value of space technology in tackling climate change

• Space Park Leicester and NCEO launches Earth image competition in celebration of COP28

  Date: 17 Nov 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/spl-image-competition

  In celebration of COP28, Space Park Leicester in collaboration with the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) is hosting a competition open...

• Experts from Space Park Leicester to join colleagues at UK Space Conference in Belfast

  Date: 15 Nov 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/uk-space-conference

  Engineers, scientists and space policy experts from the University of Leicester will represent its vibrant academic and industrial space community...

• Uranus aurora discovery offers clues to habitable icy worlds

  Date: 26 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/uranus-aurora

  University of Leicester astronomers confirm the existence of an infrared (IR) aurora on Uranus, providing insights into how magnetic field on ice...

• University of Leicester champions role of humanities in space sector

  Date: 12 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/humanising-space

  A pioneering series of seminars showcasing humanities, social science and arts research within the space sector will be hosted by the University...

• Core values: the geoscientists searching for climate answers beneath the ocean floor

  Date: 10 Oct 2023

  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...

• New exercise app using space data aims to help those with long-term health conditions

  Date: 21 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/p-step

  A personalised new exercise app for people with long-term health conditions including heart and lung disease and diabetes is set to be piloted by...