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• Fossil study sheds light on ancient water-to-land transition

  Date: 6 Dec 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/ostracod

  Palaeobiologists have uncovered the earliest evidence of a major group of marine animals making the transition to estuaries, more than 400 million...

• Tectonic shift in Southern Ocean caused dramatic ancient cooling event

  Date: 24 Nov 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/antarctica-tectonics

  New research has shed light on a sudden cooling event 34 million years ago, which contributed to formation of the Antarctic ice sheets.

• Major £1.7m funding to clean up Philippines mineral extraction

  Date: 18 Nov 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/promt

  Leicester researchers have been awarded part of a £1.

• Leicester experts feed £3.6 million sustainable agriculture training programme

  Date: 7 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/sustainable-agriculture-training

  Researchers at the University of Leicester will lend their expertise to a new £3.

• Research reveals earliest evidence yet of huge hippos in Britain

  Date: 4 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/hippo-fossil

  Palaeobiologists have unearthed the earliest evidence yet of hippos in the UK.

• River research reveals scale of macroplastic pollution

  Date: 21 Sep 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/river-plastic

  Plastic pollution clogs river systems for considerably longer than previously thought, new research from the University of Leicester shows.

• Sea levels influence eruptions on Santorini

  Date: 2 Aug 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/santorini

  The rise and fall of sea levels influence the likelihood of volcanic eruptions on the Greek island of Santorini, new research published in Nature...

• Award-winning satellite ecosystem protection project developed by Leicester researchers showcased to Kenyan President

  Date: 28 Jul 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/forest-alert

  An award-winning satellite project developed by researchers at the University of Leicester with support from the National Centre for Earth...

• Top 5 Leicester projects for a greener future

  Date: 11 Jun 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/top-5-sustainable-projects

  The G7 Summit gets underway in Cornwall today (Friday), where world leaders will gather to tackle global challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic...

• Better peatland management could cut half a billion tonnes of carbon

  Date: 27 May 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/peatland-emissions-nature

  Half a billion tonnes of carbon emissions could be cut from Earth’s atmosphere by improved management of peatlands, according to research partly...