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Riisa Bog in Estonia during twilight. The landscape features calm, reflective water surrounded by patches of grass and low-growing trees.

Cat Moody, Joseph Holden and Andy Baird produced a chapter of the United Nations (UN) Water Report: Water for Climate Mitigation.

A British motorway full of cars.

Professor Greg Marsden explores the reasons for and solutions to the reduced targets for climate change mitigation in the UK transport sector.

Avalanche Canyon with Gilkey Glacier in the background, showing a steeply incised glacier valley. Photography by Professor Bethan Davies.

Melting of glaciers in a major Alaskan icefield has accelerated and could reach an irreversible tipping point earlier than previously thought, new research suggests.

Mountainous terrain

The reality of the climate impact of long-distance passenger travel has been revealed in new research from the University of Leeds.

Two plant collectors in the Andean cloud forest, Peru.

They are collaborators on GEO-TREES, a global, £13m funded project to collect ground data and validate carbon storage maps of the world’s forests.