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water@leeds scientists from the University of Leeds have developed a new global index that identifies water supplied from peatlands as a significant source of drinking water for the UK and the Republic of Ireland.

Peatlands are vital to UK water security and must be protected to preserve the UK’s water supply, warn scientists.

As the climate changes, the Amazon Basin may release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than it absorbs, according to a new study published in the journal Nature.

Dr Adam Booth will serve as a Co-Investigator of a collaborative research project Thwaites Interdisciplinary Margin Evolution (TIME) involving eleven US and UK scientists.

Kate Palmer, PhD student at the Institute for Transport Studies, has been awarded a 2018 Piers Sellers Prize for exceptional PhD research.

Image of clouds. Credit: Paul Smith

Current Global Climate models currently simulate clouds reflecting far less solar radiation than real life observations in the Southern Ocean.