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Scientists explore complex pattern of tipping points in the Atlantic’s current system
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/atlantic-tipping-points
New mathematical modelling by University of Leicester of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation – a system of ocean currents – shows greater complexity than previously thought, revealing a hierarchy of irreversible ‘tipping points’
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£2.6 million centre to train mineral resources experts for a new generation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/target-minerals-postgraduate
Training and Research Group for Energy Transition Mineral Resources (TARGET) to be led by University of Leicester with universities, research organisations and industrial partners from across the UK to train the next generation of mineral resource experts to help the shift to...
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Leicester graduate talks journalism success at national daily newspaper
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/kelis-cassia-edwards
Read more about Kelis' time at University of Leicester and what it is like working for one of the UK's largest newspapers.
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Exposure to air pollution associated with increase in sedentary time, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/pollution
Long-term exposure to current levels of UK air pollution has been found to be associated with an annual increase of up to 22 minutes of sedentary time each day, in a study published in the Journal of Public Health.
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New research centre to study the impact of the environment on human health
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/cehs
The Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability (CEHS) draws on experts from a wide variety of research backgrounds to investigate and mitigate the health problems from air pollution, environmental noise, and low-level chemical exposures.
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Leicester researchers analyse consequences of China space weapon test
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/china-fobs
University of Leicester experts in the military uses of outer space have urged further international dialogue and ‘cool heads’ following flight tests of a new Chinese hypersonic missile system.
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Engaging the digital generation in democracy: new insights presented by Leicester experts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/digigen-conference
Research by University of Leicester explores how a digitally-literate younger generation becomes involved in politics through digital technology.
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Wider-reaching solutions urgently needed to reach realistic ‘net zero’, warn researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/landscape-decisions-net-zero
The group do, however, recognise that “swift action is essential, otherwise we head deeper towards an inability to reach net zero carbon targets, contribute to biodiversity collapse and, promote societal disengagement with landscapes”.
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Neptune is cooler than we thought: Study reveals unexpected changes in atmospheric temperatures
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/neptune-temperature
Yet, at Neptune’s south pole, the data reveal a different and surprisingly dramatic change.
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UK team to lead European mission to study new planets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/uk-team-to-lead-european-mission-to-study-new-planets
The ARIEL (Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey) mission was selected as the next European Space Agency (ESA) science mission, putting UK leadership at the heart of research into planets that lie outside our solar system -- exoplanets.