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Caption: Setting up camp on sea ice in the Lincoln Sea, north of Greenland, in March 2014 as part of the ESA CryoVex experiment to measure sea ice properties including the depth of drifting snow.

Tuesday 21 July 2015

Cool summer of 2013 boosted Arctic sea ice

The volume of Arctic sea ice increased by a third after the summer of 2013 as unusually cool air temperatures prevented the ice from melting, according to University of Leeds and UCL scientists.

Arctic ozone without the Montreal Protocol (left) and following its implementation (right) on 26 March 2011. Credit: Sandip Dhomse

Wednesday 27 May 2015

Severe ozone depletion avoided

We are already reaping the rewards of the Montreal Protocol, with the ozone layer in much better shape than it would have been without the UN treaty, according to a new study in Nature Communications.

Using heavy equipment to put the lidar on the roof

Tuesday 12 May 2015

Mission to rule the winds

The NCAS Lidar “Flossy” has been helping a European Space Agency (ESA) Earth Explorer Core Mission, ADM-Aerolus.

Monday 30 March 2015

Two Living with Environmental Change EPSRC Networks funded

Two Leeds-led EPSRC networks have been funded as part of the Living with Environmental Change (LWEC) and Mathematical Sciences themes.

Monday 16 February 2015

New ozone-destroying gases on the rise

Scientists report that chemicals that are not controlled by a United Nations treaty designed to protect the Ozone Layer are contributing to ozone depletion.