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• Environment scientists close in on ‘golden spike’ to define Anthropocene

  Date: 18 May 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/anthropocene-berlin

  Leicester researchers searching for a ‘golden spike’ to formally define humanity’s current geological period – and acknowledge human impact on our...

• 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...

• Urgent action required to protect world’s coral reefs from disappearing within three decades, warn experts

  Date: 15 Apr 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/coral-reefs

  An international team of environmental scientists have published a series of significant recommendations to protect, conserve and study the...

• 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...

• Tim Peake to feature on expert panel: ‘What can space do for us?’

  Date: 9 Mar 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/space-park-conversations-tech

  Experts from the worlds of science and technology including ESA astronaut Tim Peake will join a special panel discussion at the launch of Space...

• 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.

• 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.