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Professor honoured for French arts and culture research
A Leeds academic has been honoured by the French government for her contribution to research in French arts and culture.
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Global network to tackle humanity’s greatest challenges
Academic institutions and leaders across the globe are joining forces in a bid to solve some of the most urgent challenges facing the planet today.
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Amazon - how will it cope with drought?
A collaboration involving 80 scientists has identified the regions of the Amazon rainforest where trees are most likely to face the greatest risk from drier conditions brought about by climate change.
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Amazon - challenges of science in the rainforest
As an ecologist, Dr Julia Tavares often has to consider how to collect data from remote locations.
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Leeds partners with Ukrainian university on traumatic injury research
Ukrainian civilians who suffer traumatic injuries in the country’s conflict with Russia are the focus of new collaborative research by the ¾ÞÈéÊÓƵ and Bukovinian State Medical University.
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Billions of tonnes of ice lost from Antarctic Ice sheet
Scientists have calculated that the fastest changing Antarctic region - the Amundsen Sea Embayment - has lost more than 3,000 billion tonnes of ice over a 25-year period.  Â
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Reduced rainfall in tropics linked to deforestation
Deforestation is resulting in reduced rainfall across large parts of the tropics, according to new research.
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Fossil study reveals origins of biodiversity gradient
Researchers have used nearly half a million fossils to solve a scientific mystery - why the number of different species is greatest near the equator and decreases towards polar regions.
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Hydropower without the environmental impact
Scientists have analysed data from nearly three million rivers across the globe to identify where hydropower stations could be sited with limited environmental impacts.
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Ambitious global plans for European partnership
A major European research partnership is to expand its collaborative projects to help tackle pressing global issues.