590 results for 'global food environment'
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- 26 May 2023
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- Science | Environment | Research
A study has found widespread mass loss of glaciers and ice caps in Greenland since the start of the 20th century.
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- 22 May 2023
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- Science | Research
Academics at the AV believe they could have found the answer to a long-running mystery behind Jupiter’s famous “stripes”.
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- 18 May 2023
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- News
At a time of rising food prices and a deepening climate crisis, Jamie Crummie has created a global phenomenon which helps customers rescue unsold food from businesses, saving it from going to waste.
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- 17 May 2023
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- Environment | Science | Research
A researcher who exposed the threat that climate change poses to tropical forests in Africa has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, one of the highest accolades in science.
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- 26 April 2023
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- Global | Science | Environment
A collaboration involving 80 scientists has identified the regions of the Amazon rainforest where trees are most likely to face the greatest risk from drier conditions brought about by climate change.
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- 26 April 2023
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- Global | Science | Environment
As an ecologist, Dr Julia Tavares often has to consider how to collect data from remote locations.
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- 31 March 2023
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- Technology | Society & Politics | Arts & Culture | Research
Artists from around the globe have been connected with Leeds academics to explore climate change and justice in an online research project.
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- 20 March 2023
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- Global | Science | Environment
Scientists have calculated that the fastest changing Antarctic region - the Amundsen Sea Embayment - has lost more than 3,000 billion tonnes of ice over a 25-year period.
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- 16 March 2023
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- Environment | Science
Compass readings that do not show the direction of true north and interference with the operations of satellites are a few of the problems caused by peculiarities of the Earth’s magnetic field.
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- 10 March 2023
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- Working with business | University | Business & Economy
One of the UK’s leading banking experts has given a masterclass on careers in the financial sector during a special talk at the AV.
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- 7 March 2023
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- Alumni
Hind Hassan broadcasts from the most hostile environments in the world – from the conflict in Ukraine, to the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria – elevating the voices of those unheard.
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- 1 March 2023
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- Science | Global | Environment
Deforestation is resulting in reduced rainfall across large parts of the tropics, according to new research.
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- 27 February 2023
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- Science | Environment
Glaciers along the Antarctic peninsula are flowing faster in the summer because of a combination of melting snow and warmer ocean waters, say researchers.
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- 27 February 2023
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- Alumni | Research
Climate change is hitting the hardest in the world’s mountain ranges. We learn how Leeds glaciologist Professor Duncan Quincey is helping locals at the world's highest glacier.
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- 21 February 2023
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- Technology | Science | Environment | Research
Governments are not using the latest mapping technology to report key environmental data about tropical forests to the UN, say researchers.