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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.

• “Richard III is a good conversation opener…”

  Date: 7 Oct 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/sarah-hainsworth

  Professor Sarah Hainsworth OBE, looks back at the most thrilling chapter of her career.

• New research highlights impact of COVID-19 pandemic on UK pilots

  Date: 5 Oct 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/covid-pilots

  The University of Leicester’s Civil Safety and Security Unit has carried out a study highlighting the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on UK pilots.

• Metals expert at Leicester honoured with fellowship by Royal Academy of Engineering

  Date: 21 Sep 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/rae-fellowship

  An expert in the casting and welding of metals from the University of Leicester has been made a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, an...

• University of Leicester engineer to work on game changing drone technology

  Date: 14 Sep 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/lrft-fellowship

  A university engineer will take a year away from teaching to work on state-of-the-art drone technology.

• 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.

• Major grant and awards recognition for electronic waste recycling solution

  Date: 3 Aug 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/ewaste-award

  An electronic waste-recycling process that’s kinder to the planet – and uses pioneering technology developed at the University of Leicester – has...