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Arctic ice cap slides into the ocean
Satellite images have revealed that a remote Arctic ice cap has thinned by more than 50 metres since 2012 – about one sixth of its original thickness – and that it is now flowing 25 times faster.
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.
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.
The CQC Efficiency Network
Since the start of the financial crisis, Local Authorities in Britain have been under pressure to do more with less.