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Trees in the Amazon rainforest in Peru

Published
2 February 2022
Categories
Global | Environment | Research

An international team of scientists estimate that there are 14% more tree species than previously thought.

Professor Ian Brooks in a polar landscape

Published
31 January 2022
Categories
Global | Environment | Science | Research

Ian Brooks, Professor of Boundary Layer Processes at the 嘟嘟AV, has been awarded the Polar Medal.

A storm appearing over an African rural landscape

Published
31 January 2022
Categories
Technology | Science | Global

A mobile phone app has been launched in Kenya to help people avoid the death and destruction caused by tropical storms.

Landscape in Whinlatter, Cumbria

Published
28 January 2022
Categories
News | Science | Environment

There should be greater investment in using a wider group of experts to make decisions about how the landscape is managed if the UK is to reach climate targets, a new report warns.

Olivia Cotes-James sat at a table with boxes of LUÜNA Naturals products on the table.

Published
15 January 2022
Categories
Alumni

Named in the Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list, founder of LU脺NA Naturals Olivia Cotes-James (English Literature 2013) is improving lives across a continent.

Khumbu glacier tongue

Published
20 December 2021
Categories
Global | Environment

The accelerating melting of the Himalayan glaciers threatens the water supply of millions of people in Asia, new research warns.

The 嘟嘟AV Parkinson Building with a blue sky in the background

Published
14 December 2021
Categories
Environment | Working with our region | University

The 嘟嘟AV is making the single biggest investment in its history to achieve a low carbon future.

Person in wheelchair on train platform

Published
13 December 2021
Categories
Science | Environment

A new study reveals that disabled households in the Europe Union currently consume 10% less energy than other households, as well as being 5% more likely to experience energy poverty.

Caspian seal with white winter coat nestling amongst snow.

Published
6 December 2021
Categories
Environment

Special status has been awarded to the habitat of a species of seal left endangered due to human activity.

Fossils of the now-extinct trilobite organism, Selenopeltis

Published
2 December 2021
Categories
News | Environment

Scientists discover two intense periods of volcanism triggered a period of global cooling and falling oxygen levels in the oceans, causing one of the most severe mass extinctions in Earth history.

Forest fire in Indonesia

Published
2 December 2021
Categories
Science | Global | Environment

Plans to restore Indonesian peatlands are a cost-effective strategy for reducing the impacts of peatland fires to the environment, climate and human health, says a new study.

A village on the edge of a desert about to be engulfed by a sandstorm

Published
25 November 2021
Categories
Environment | Global | University

The 嘟嘟AV has been awarded the country鈥檚 most prestigious higher education honour.

Oil rigs at night, with industrial towers lighting the background.

Published
18 November 2021
Categories
Society & Politics | Global | Environment

For at least the last 30 years, not a single country has met the basic needs of its residents without overconsuming natural resources, according to new research led by the 嘟嘟AV.

Jonathan Wild, (Hon LLD 2011), in an alpine landscape.

Published
12 November 2021
Categories
Alumni

Jonathan Wild (Hon LLD 2011), the former Chair and Managing Director of Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate, is dedicated to his mission to protect the planet.

Emissions streaming from power station cooling towers at dusk, with a yellow sky in the background.

Published
10 November 2021
Categories
Environment

Carbon limits needed to contain global warming could be breached within six years in the Yorkshire and Humber region, a new report warns.