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Can we learn anything from the Forth Road Bridge failure?
The closure of the Forth Road Bridge on Thursday left 100,000 people and major businesses such as Amazon facing large diversions and substantial delays in the immediate aftermath of the closure.
Freddie Draper wins Leeds University Postgraduate Researcher of the Year
Many congratulations to Freddie Draper who won the Leeds University Postgraduate Researcher of the Year award on the 8th December.
Counting the cost of floods
Businesses in Calderdale have lost £47 million so far as a result of the Boxing Day floods.
Role of volcanism in dinosaur extinction theory
The role volcanic activity played in mass extinction events in the Earth’s early history is likely to have been much less severe than previously thought, according to a study led by Dr. Anja Schmidt.
Dr Graeme Swindles has been awarded the Lewis Penny medal by the Quaternary Research Association (QRA)
The Quaternary Research Association has awarded the Lewis Penny medal to Dr Graeme Swindles in the School of Geography at the University of Leeds.