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Over 40 percent of Antarctica’s ice shelves are smaller
71 of the 162 ice shelves that surround Antarctica have reduced in volume over 25 years from 1997 to 2021, with a net release of 7.5 trillion tonnes of meltwater into the oceans, say scientists.
A research project to address health inequalities in Leeds
Nutrition advice typically isn’t tailored to specific ethnic groups, who each have different traditional diets and recipes. Our researchers seek to improve their health outcomes.
Professor Robert Vanderbeck becomes a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
Professor of Human Geography, has been awarded the fellowship for his contribution to social science.
Extreme heat likely to cause next mass extinction
A new study shows unprecedented heat is likely to lead to the next mass extinction since the dinosaurs died out, eliminating nearly all mammals in some 250 million years time.
Antarctica’s glacial border migrates for miles with the tide
New measurements of how the boundary between onshore glaciers and floating ice shelves glides back and forth could help predict melting.