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Otley under water during the Boxing Day floods in 2015

Flood prevention measures need closer monitoring

Natural measures to manage river flooding can play a valuable role in flood prevention, but a lack of monitoring means their true potential remains unclear, researchers say.

Climate policies alone will not save Earth's most diverse tropical forests

A focus on policies to conserve tropical forests for their carbon storage value may imperil some of the world's most biologically rich tropical forests, says new research.

Ross Gillard, PhD student in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds.

Piers Sellers award for PhD student

Ross Gillard, PhD student in the School of Earth and Environment, has been awarded a Piers Sellers prize.

Aire and Calder Navigation - a canalised section of the River Aire and River Calder. Credit: Lee Brown

Going with the flow - Tackling the environmental management of river flow

Ensuring the economic, cultural and ecological value of rivers through more effective water flow management is the focus of a new research project led by the University of Leeds.

Prize winners; Ross Gillard, Ekbal Hussain and Camilla Mathison with Dr Steven Dobbie, Deputy Head of the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds.

Postgraduate Prize Winners

Four postgraduate researchers from the School have been awarded for their recent journal publications.