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Twenty-year plan to restore nature and support fell farming
Work to restore heathland, meadows, woodland, peatlands and rivers in the uplands of South Cumbria has begun in earnest thanks to a new project supported by Defra’s Landscape Recovery Scheme.
Thawing permafrost accelerates greenhouse gas release
Permafrost thawing may allow greenhouse gases to escape at a much higher rate than previously thought, and this could further accelerate climate change.
Exploring imagination in the curriculum
Reflections from the January Imaginative Curriculum Research and Scholarship Centre (ICRSC) information session, by Dr Vasiliki Kioupi and Professor Chrissi Nerantzi.
Leeds researchers elected Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences
Four Professors across the University of Leeds have been awarded Fellowships with the prestigious Academy of Social Sciences for their outstanding research.
Planting trees at Snaizeholme to avoid soil carbon losses
New research shows that careful woodland design can avoid tree-planting on high-carbon soils and that new woodland creation guidelines in England are likely to reduce soil organic carbon losses.