School of Earth and Environment

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QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018

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Mobile X-band weather radar to improve regional flood forecasting

Three scientists from the School of Earth and Environment are part of a team aiming to improve flood forecasting in Cumbria through the deployment of a mobile weather radar.

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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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Climate change could take us back 50 million years

A recently published paper shows that humans are reversing a long-term…

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mobile x-band weather radar deployed in Cumbria

Mobile X-band weather radar deployed in Cumbria to improve regional flood forecasting

Three scientists from the School of Earth and Environment are part of a team…

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Double awards for Leeds climate researcher

Priestley Centre researcher Dr Amanda Maycock has received two prestigious…

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Leeds to lead PhD training centre in environmental science

The University of Leeds is leading a new PhD training centre called Panorama,…

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ICAS Internal Seminar

ICAS internal seminar with Dr Sumit Sinha, Dr Leighton Regayre and Joshua Hampton. Chair: Ines Otosaka

Monday 7 January 2019, 14:00 - 15:00

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ICAS External Seminar

Professor Stephen Mobbs, NCAS

Tuesday 8 January 2019, 14:00 - 15:00

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ICAS Internal Seminar

ICAS internal seminar with Meghan Bickle, Dr Jenny Wu and Meghan Bickle. Chair: Sam Hardy

Monday 14 January 2019, 14:00 - 15:00

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Introduction to Practical Experiment Geochemistry

A three day course introducing the fundamentals of practical inorganic geochemistry.

Thursday 17 January 2019 - Saturday 19 January 2019

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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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