School of Earth and Environment

Environmental challenges

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

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Virtual Open Day

Find out what it’s like to study at Leeds by joining our online open day

Earth and Environment students talking in the sustainable garden at the University of Leeds.

Nearly half UK carbon footprint is from overseas emissions

Nearly half the UK’s carbon footprint comes from emissions released overseas to satisfy UK-based consumption, according to a new report.

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14th

in the world for Earth and Marine Sciences

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020

90%

of our research is

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

Top 10

in the world for Atmospheric Science

ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019

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.