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• West Antarctic Ice Sheet loss over the last 11000 years shown in new study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/west-antarctic-ice-sheet-loss-over-the-last-11-000-years-shown-in-new-study

  An international team of researchers led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and involving our University has shown that wind-driven incursions of warm water forced the retreat of glaciers in West Antarctica during the past 11,000 years.

• The Anthropocene Leicester scientists respond to criticisms of new geological epoch

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/the-anthropocene-leicester-scientists-respond-to-criticisms-of-new-geological-epoch

  A team of academics from our University has responded to criticisms of the proposal to formalise a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene.

• Academic year: 2016-2017

  https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/research/seminar-series/16-17

  Browse the speakers from the Centre for English Local History's seminar events, held in 2016-2017.

• Student wellbeing campaign nominated for second national award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/student-wellbeing-campaign-nominated-for-second-national-award

  Our Sport and Active Life team’s commitment to making a difference has been recognised at a national level with a British University & Colleges Sport (BUCS) award nomination for their Be the Influence campaign.

• GlobBiomass

  https://le.ac.uk/clcr/research-projects/globbiomass

  The GlobBiomass project is to better characterize and to reduce uncertainties of forest above ground biomass estimates by developing innovative synergistic mapping approaches.

• GSC High Achiever's Award

  https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/scholarships-bursaries-discounts/gsc-high-achievers-award

  This scholarship is for international (non-EU) students who have completed a foundation pathway at the Leicester Global Study Centre and are beginning a full-time, campus-based, undergraduate degree at the University of Leicester in September 2021.

• New joint venture to tackle air pollution announced

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/new-joint-venture-to-tackle-air-pollution-announced

  EarthSense Systems, a new joint venture between aerial mapping company Bluesky and our University, is set to spearhead innovations in air quality monitoring.

• Expedition 342: Paleogene Newfoundland Sediment Drifts

  https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2011-12/newfoundland

  June 2012 – August 2012 In June 2012, the JOIDES Resolution set sail to the North Atlantic Ocean south of Newfoundland, not far from where the RMS Titanic sank 100 years ago.

• Leicester research makes Altmetric Top 100 list for 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/leicester-research-makes-altmetric-top-100-list-for-2016

  Research led by our University has been featured in the Altmetric 2016 Top 100, which recognises the most shared and discussed academic research stories of the year around the world.

• Leicester fans produce biggest Vardyquake

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-fans-produce-biggest-vardyquake

  Fans at Leicester City's final home game of the season against Everton caused the biggest earth tremors recorded at the ground.