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Wildfires across the Americas have been supercharged by climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/wildfires-americas-supercharged-climate-change
Study: Warming increased burning in Pantanal, Chiquitano and Amazon, releasing billions of tonnes of CO2, while climate change increased likelihood of Southern California’s deadly fires by at least 2-3 times
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New book breaks barrier between students and modern research in mathematics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/29-garrett-book
In recent years mathematicians, armed with global internet (which simplifies collaboration), and powerful computers (used for numerical simulations, hypothesis testing, routine algebraic manipulations, etc.
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Peatlands will store more carbon as planet warms, study suggests
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/peatlands-will-store-more-carbon-as-planet-warms-study-suggests
Peatlands will store more carbon as planet warms, study suggests Photograph of a peat field|Leicester scientist part of international study into effects of global warming on peatlands Global warming will cause peatlands to absorb more carbon – but the effect will weaken as...
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Better peatland management could cut half a billion tonnes of carbon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/peatland-emissions-nature
However, because large populations rely on these peatlands for their livelihoods, it may not be realistic to expect all agricultural peatlands to be fully returned to their natural condition in the near future.
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Leicester Medical School
https://le.ac.uk/medicine
For over 40 years Leicester Medical School has produced skilled, professional and caring doctors equipped for the modern health service, with patient care their first priority. Our aim is to prepare new doctors to meet the challenges of health care in the 21st century.
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Earth and Environment
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world
Air pollution, environmental heath, deforestation and climate change affect us all - our researchers examine how to combat the global climate crisis.
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Crowdsourcing and the Crisis-Affected Community: Lessons Learned and Looking Forward From Mission 46
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/07/02/crowdsourcing-and-the-crisis-affected-community-lessons-learned-and-looking-forward-from-mission-4636/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2012 http://robertmunro.com/mission4636.
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Carceral Archipelago: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 6
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/page/6/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Net Zero Plus
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/climate-change/net-zero/plus
The University of Leicester is committed to achieving net zero.
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University of Leicester receives VIP visit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-of-leicester-receives-vip-visit
Our University has today welcomed a VIP from the United States of America. It is a common misconception that ‘VIP’ always stands for Very Important Person. Actually, sometimes it stands for Very Important Per.