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Institute for Transport Studies

Researchers from the Institute for Transport Studies are involved in the UK’s first Micromobility Research Fund.

Dead tropical trunk

For the first time scientists have provided clear evidence that tropical tree lifespan decreases above a critical temperature threshold.

Smoke clouds polluting the air around an industrial plant.

A new study shows that strong and rapid action to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases will help to slow down the rate of global warming over the next 20 years.

A pile of used car tyres on fire.

Smoke from fire will impact those with respiratory conditions, according to a University of Leeds researcher.

A photograph of a tropical forest treetop canopy.

A huge new study has unravelled what factors control tree mortality rates in Amazon forests and helps to explain why tree mortality is increasing across the Amazon basin.