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Research reveals increasing surface meltwater in East Antarctica

Research conducted at the University of Leeds has helped to uncover a trend of increasing surface meltwater in East Antarctica, raising questions about future ice sheet behaviour.

Four split screens all showing the same urban road lined with trees and parked cars. Each are overlayed with different weather and titled: original; snowy; rainy; foggy.

New technology simulates adverse weather

PhD researcher Chenghao Qian has developed WeatherEdit, which builds on real-world simulations to help researchers understand the effects of harsh weather conditions.

Rising sea water partially submerges a footbridge and has flooded a nearby road. There is an orange caution sign in the foreground.

Scientists find three years left of remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C

The central estimate of the remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C is 130 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide and will be exhausted in a little more than three years at current levels of emissions.

A large group of international researchers standing on the grass at the University of Leeds campus with trees and bushes behind them.

Collaboration for clean water

International water researchers came together at the University of Leeds to create solutions to global water challenges.

A person stands at the bottom of a giant tree. The bottom of the tree is darker than the trunk above, indicating flooding has occured.

Tree rings reveal increasing rainfall seasonality in the Amazon

Scientists have used clues locked into tree rings to reveal major changes in the Amazon’s rainfall cycle over the last 40 years, which show that wet seasons are getting wetter and dry seasons drier.