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Warmer springs can actually reduce overall plant growth, study finds
An extensive study on the effects of warmer springs on plant growth in northern regions shows substantially reduced plant productivity in later months.
Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce
Professor Jillian Anable from the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds will be part of the steering group for the Government’s new Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce.
Joining the Arctic research ship ‘drifting’ past North Pole
A research ship carrying 600 international scientists, including researchers from the University of Leeds, is studying the region’s climate system.
Understanding the evolution of nitrogen fixation in trees
A new study gives insight into the prevalence of nitrogen-fixing trees in tropical rainforests and calls into question previous hypotheses for why they are much more abundant than in temperate forests
The underestimated cooling effect on the planet from historic fires
Historic levels of particles in the atmosphere released from pre-industrial era fires, and their cooling effect on the planet, may have been significantly underestimated according to a new study.