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Dramatic rainfall changes for agriculture can be avoided through climate action
A new study suggests climate change will significantly alter rainfall patterns for key agricultural regions, but the worst effects could be mitigated by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics launches in January
A new cross-disciplinary institute to study fluid dynamics will launch on January 30th, 2019.
Avoiding fossil-fuel “lock-in” could help limit global temperature rise
New research suggests there is a 64% chance of limiting the increase in global average temperatures to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels if fossil fuel infrastructure is immediately phased out.
Climate change could take us back 50 million years
A recently published paper shows that humans are reversing a long-term cooling trend, which traces back at least 50 million years. And it’s taken just two centuries.
Mobile X-band weather radar deployed in Cumbria to improve regional flood forecasting
Three scientists from the School of Earth and Environment are part of a team aiming to improve flood forecasting in Cumbria.