School of Earth and Environment

Nearly a quarter of West Antarctic ice is now unstable

A team of Leeds researchers have found that Antarctica’s ice sheet has thinned by up to 122 metres in places, over a period of just 25 years.

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Environmental Challenges

Explore how human society interacts with the natural world, through this flexible program of online courses

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School of Earth and Environment

The School of Earth and Environment is home to one of the largest groupings of Earth, environmental and social scientists tackling global issues such as climate change, energy, water and sustainable development. Our research feeds directly into our teaching, which means you’ll learn about the latest developments in your field from world-leading researchers.

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Undergraduate degrees

Our world-leading research feeds directly into our teaching which means you will learn from people who are international authorities in climate science, sustainability, geology and geophysics.

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Masters students

Masters courses

Our range of masters courses will equip you with not only expert subject knowledge, but with important professional and transferable skills that employers require.

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Research degrees

As a researcher at Leeds, you will be immersed in a friendly, supportive and diverse research community where you can make breakthroughs happen.

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Research and innovation

We are a major international powerhouse for environmental research that has wide-ranging and positive impacts on the world that we live in. Our research is carried out within five institutes which represent our core research areas, but much of our work is cross-cutting, tackling complex global challenges.

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Top 20

in the world for Earth and Marine Sciences

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019

90%

of our research is

'world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent' REF 2014

Top 15

in the world for Atmospheric Science

ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2018

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Celebrating satellites’ contribution to polar science

Seven areas of fast-flowing ice on the Antarctic Peninsula have been formally…

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Nearly a quarter of West Antarctic ice is now unstable

In only 25 years, ocean melting has caused ice thinning to spread across West…

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Oxygen linked with the boom and bust of early animal evolution

New research reveals clues to a crucial period of rapid evolution in complex…

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Tug-of-war drives magnetic north sprint

As far as we know, Earth’s magnetic north has always wandered, but it has…

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ICAS Internal Seminar

Monday 24 June 2019, 14:00 - 15:00

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water showcase

Water Showcase Series: Water and Engineering

Thursday 27 June 2019, 12:00 - 16:30

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Philip Sexton

Sensitivity of Antarctic Ocean sea ice cover and CO2 outgassing to orbital forcing

Friday 28 June 2019, 15:00 - 16:00

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SRI External Seminar

Monday 1 July 2019, 16:00 - 17:15

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Online study

Explore the relationships between people and nature, and the challenging and difficult decisions we face when managing natural resources, through this flexible program of online courses.

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Schools outreach

We deliver events and activities to showcase this fascinating subject area to students at schools and colleges across the UK.

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Alumni

As a graduate of the School you are one of our most important advocates, and we are always delighted to hear from our former students.

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Recruit our students

We provide businesses with access to our talented students through a free end-to-end, managed recruitment service.

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