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Two Living with Environmental Change EPSRC Networks funded
Two Leeds-led EPSRC networks have been funded as part of the Living with Environmental Change (LWEC) and Mathematical Sciences themes.
New ozone-destroying gases on the rise
Scientists report that chemicals that are not controlled by a United Nations treaty designed to protect the Ozone Layer are contributing to ozone depletion.
ICAS Research Fellow's GRL paper one of science highlights of 2014
Dominic Salisbury's GRL paper "Global distribution and seasonal dependence of satellite-based whitecap fraction" has been selected as one of 2 science highlights for 2014 from the UK SOLAS programme.
The slowdown in global temperature trends
Observations suggest a slowdown in global surface temperature trends since 1998, whereas most climate models simulate continued warming.
Arctic ice cap slides into the ocean
Satellite images have revealed that a remote Arctic ice cap has thinned by more than 50 metres since 2012 – about one sixth of its original thickness – and that it is now flowing 25 times faster.