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increasing surface meltwater in East Antarctica

Research conducted at the University of Leeds has helped to uncover a trend of increasing surface meltwater in East Antarctica, raising questions about future ice sheet behaviour.

Rising sea water partially submerges a footbridge and has flooded a nearby road. There is an orange caution sign in the foreground.

The central estimate of the remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C is 130 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide and will be exhausted in a little more than three years at current levels of emissions.

The moon above icbergs and cliffs behind the open water, all tinged pink by the sunset.

Researchers from the University of Leeds contributed to a House of Commons committee report about the Antarctic environment, which includes recommendations to the government.

A group of students standing on the hill, planting and maintaining young trees

Pupils from Millom School have been getting their hands dirty as part of a forestry restoration project in the Duddon Valley.

Rural England with houses dotted between fields and wind turbines on the horizon

Researchers from the Supergen Energy Networks Hub and the Fair Energy Futures research communities explore the effects of the net-zero energy transition on vulnerable communities.