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More expensive air travel is the fairest way to tax carbon, says University of Leeds professor
Carbon taxes on heating and driving affect the poor more – but charges on flights could offer a fair way to tax carbon.
Why Wool Matters film featuring King Charles III and Leeds experts wins Best Fashion Documentary
Why Wool Matters has been awarded Best Fashion Documentary at the 2022 London Fashion Film Festival.
Leeds Met Office Partnership renewed to build on a decade of successful weather and climate research
The University of Leeds' prestigious membership of the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) will continue, welcoming the Universities of Edinburgh and Birmingham.
European Space Agency selects Harmony mission for climate change and extreme weather research
The European Space Agency (ESA) has chosen the Harmony research mission for implementation, which will provide a wealth of new data about our oceans, ice, earthquakes and volcanoes.
Tropical soils 'highly sensitive' to global warming
Global warming is likely to cause a decline in the number of species of microbes that live in tropical soils - and that could threaten the biodiversity of rainforests and increase carbon emissions.