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• University of Leicester celebrates top 1.6% global sustainability ranking

  Date: 27 Apr 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/the-sustainability-ranking

  The University of Leicester is once again celebrating global sustainability success after being ranked among the top global universities for its...

• Earth Day: National Space Centre launches Home Planet gallery

  Date: 22 Apr 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/home-planet

  The next generation of climate change superheroes discovered the importance of our home in space at the launch of a new National Space Centre...

• Leading steel technology specialists discuss why decarbonising the industry is vital for climate change

  Date: 5 Apr 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/decarbonising-steel-industry

  Government advisor and world-leading steel technology specialists to discuss why decarbonising the steel industry is vital for climate change

• Earth Observation research detects methane over Poland’s coal mines

  Date: 21 Mar 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/methane-mines

  Data from the Tropomi instrument onboard the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite has been used by Leicester-based Earth Observation experts to detect...

• What do grasshoppers eat? It’s not just grass! New Leicester research shows similarities with mammal teeth like never before

  Date: 16 Mar 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/grasshopper-mandibles

  New research led by palaeobiologists at the University of Leicester has identified startling similarities between the mouths of grasshoppers and...

• Geologists uncover ‘Goldilocks Zone’ for precious metals in Earth’s crust

  Date: 31 Jan 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/goldilocks-zone

  Leicester research has identified a new ‘Goldilocks Zone’ in the Earth’s crust which could provide metals vital to the green revolution.

• Wider-reaching solutions urgently needed to reach realistic ‘net zero’, warn researchers

  Date: 28 Jan 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/landscape-decisions-net-zero

  There should be greater investment in using a wider group of experts to make decisions about how the landscape is managed if the UK is to reach...

• New strategic partnership to explore four-dimensional first order controls on nickel mineral systems

  Date: 25 Jan 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/bhp-ev-metals

  Researchers at the University of Leicester have signed a major research agreement with BHP, one of the world’s largest mining companies, to...

• Britain’s largest ‘Sea Dragon’ discovered in Rutland

  Date: 10 Jan 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/rutland-sea-dragon

  The fossilised remains of Britain’s largest ichthyosaur, colloquially known as a ‘Sea Dragon’, has been discovered at the Rutland Water Nature...

• Leicester alumni recognised in New Year Honours 2022

  Date: 5 Jan 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/new-year-honours

  Outstanding achievements by University of Leicester alumni have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours List for 2022.