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Nature highlights results on the importance of tree height in estimating biomass
Nature “Research Highlights” featured results from a new paper led by Ted Feldpausch and colleagues from the University of Leeds-based international projects RAINFOR, AfriTRON, TROBIT, and AMAZONICA.
ICAS Research Fellow's GRL paper one of science highlights of 2014
Dominic Salisbury's GRL paper "Global distribution and seasonal dependence of satellite-based whitecap fraction" has been selected as one of 2 science highlights for 2014 from the UK SOLAS programme.
The slowdown in global temperature trends
Observations suggest a slowdown in global surface temperature trends since 1998, whereas most climate models simulate continued warming.
Arctic ice cap slides into the ocean
Satellite images have revealed that a remote Arctic ice cap has thinned by more than 50 metres since 2012 – about one sixth of its original thickness – and that it is now flowing 25 times faster.
SEE Alumnus delivers keynote speech
SEE Alumnus Toby Pickard (BA Environmental Management 2004) delivers one of the keynote speeches at a recent Working on Waste campaign event at University of Leeds.