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Aire and Calder Navigation - a canalised section of the River Aire and River Calder. Credit: Lee Brown

Going with the flow - Tackling the environmental management of river flow

Ensuring the economic, cultural and ecological value of rivers through more effective water flow management is the focus of a new research project led by the University of Leeds.

Prize winners; Ross Gillard, Ekbal Hussain and Camilla Mathison with Dr Steven Dobbie, Deputy Head of the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds.

Postgraduate Prize Winners

Four postgraduate researchers from the School have been awarded for their recent journal publications.

View from British Antarctic Survey Rothera research station, on Alexander Island at the Antarctic Peninsula. Credit: A.E. Hogg/CPOM

Arctic Peninsula ice more stable than thought

Glacier flow at the southern Antarctic Peninsula has increased since the 1990s, but a new study has found the change to be only a third of what was recently reported.

Udzungwa Forest Project, Tanzania. Credit: Dr Andy Marshall

Terrific Scientific's Rainforest Legacy: Terrific Tropical Trees

United Bank of Carbon (UBoC), a registered charity run from the University of Leeds, helps forge partnerships between businesses and international conservation initiatives.

Image of an African desert - Francoise Guichard, Laurent Kergoat, CNRS Photo Library

Increase in extreme West African storms due to global warming

Global warming is responsible for tripling the frequency of extreme West African Sahel storms over the last three decades putting numerous cities in the region at risk, say scientists.