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International alliance to accelerate climate action
A new international alliance of universities has been established to help communicate research on the most effective means to meet the urgent global challenge of the climate crisis.
Six-fold increase in polar ice losses since the 1990s
Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice faster than in the 1990s and are both tracking the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s worst-case climate warming scenario.
Shining a light on international energy inequality
A new study has found extreme disparity in the use of energy among richer and poorer people - both within countries and between them.
Scientists discover rapid sea-level rise along the Atlantic coast of North America 300 years ago
A new study, involving a Leeds scientist, has discovered that 18th Century sea level rise along North America’s Atlantic coast was almost as fast as in the 20th Century.
Academic recognised by the Geological Society
An academic from the School of Earth and Environment has been awarded a prestigious prize from the Geological Society of London.