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Professor Dave Healy joins as Director of Geosolutions Leeds
As the director, Professor Healy will lead the research, innovation and impact in the centre, to meet the challenges of the climate crisis through world-class subsurface research.
Can degrowth affect climate change?
A new study explores whether reducing production and consumption growth could significantly contribute to resolving the climate crisis.
Obese and overweight children at risk of iron deficiency
Children and young people who are overweight or obese are at significantly higher risk of iron deficiency, according to a study by nutritional scientists at the University of Leeds.
AI-optimisation, composting and policy change to reduce food waste
One-third of all food across the world is wasted. Food waste contributes to climate change, greenhouse gas emissions and the misuse of land, energy and water.
Greenland’s ice sheet is melting and being replaced by vegetation
An estimated 11,000 sq miles or 28,707 sq kilometres of Greenland’s ice sheet and glaciers have melted over the last three decades, according to a major analysis of historic satellite records.