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Leeds to lead PhD training centre in environmental science
The University of Leeds is leading a new PhD training centre called Panorama, which has just received funding from NERC for five annual admissions starting in 2019.
Prestigious Turing Institute Fellowships awarded to our researchers
Six researchers from the Faculty of Environment have been awarded a prestigious fellowship with The Alan Turing Institute.
Flood frequency of the world’s largest river has increased fivefold
A recent study of more than 100 years of river level records from the Amazon shows a significant increase in frequency and severity of floods.
Understanding the evolution of nitrogen fixation in trees
A new study gives insight into the prevalence of nitrogen-fixing trees in tropical rainforests and calls into question previous hypotheses for why they are much more abundant than in temperate forests
Japanese Knotweed not as dangerous as we thought
A recent study from AECOM and School of Geography researchers, has suggested that the damage caused by Japanese knotweed is not as significant as previously thought.