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Extreme El Niño weather switched off South American's carbon sink
Tropical forests in South America lose their ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere when conditions become exceptionally hot and dry, according to new research.
Amplifying marginalised voices on the climate crisis
A new publication spotlights the perspectives of academics and activists in the Majority World, unified in their aim to achieve climate justice.
Tropical forests approach critical high-temperature threshold, but there is still time to act
A new study finds that the world’s tropical forest canopies may be closer to critical high-temperature thresholds than previously thought, but climate change mitigation can help to avoid them.
From running rivers to retreating glaciers: supporting World Water Week at Leeds
This World Water Week, we explore the Faculty of Environment's key research into water.
The role of dust on the world's climate
Giant dust storms in the Gulf of Alaska can last for many days and send tonnes of fine sediment or silt into the atmosphere, and it is having an impact on the global climate system, say scientists.