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Transport, the economy and project appraisal
A report by the Oxford University, ITS and the London School of Economics is leading to changes in transport appraisal practice.
SRI Anniversary Alumni Dinner
The Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) will celebrate its 10th birthday in autumn 2014.
Leeds' academics part of international team looking at forecasting the monsoon
The £8 million project is aiming to improve understanding of the processes governing the South Asian monsoon rains, and improve predictions.
Amazon inhales more carbon than it emits
A new study led by NASA and co-authored by Professor Emanuel Gloor has confirmed that natural forests in the Amazon remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they emit.
Live fast and diversify!
Short generation times have been crucial for creating the high species richness of hyperdiverse groups of Amazonian trees, according to new research published in the journal Ecology Letters.