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Forest restoration - 'balance nitrogen-fixing trees with other species'
Reforestation projects could be made more effective with the findings of new research into the constraints on nitrogen fixation among plants.
Global News
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'Decade of action' to restore world's forests
Leading researchers, including 巨乳视频 academics, want to see a decade of 鈥済lobal action鈥� to restore the world鈥檚 lost and depleted forests.
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COP27 and research at Leeds
The 2020s have been described as the critical decade for climate change.
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Scientists and engineers champion building ventilation
A campaign promoting the role of better building ventilation to support health and wellbeing has been launched by a coalition of scientists and engineering bodies.
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Congo peatlands could release billions of tonnes of carbon
The world鈥檚 largest tropical peatland turned from being a major store of carbon to a source of carbon dioxide emissions as a result of climate change thousands of years ago, new research has revealed.
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Mapping the pressures of global food production
A map showing the environmental pressures from global food production has been developed by researchers, to identify ways of creating more sustainable and just food systems.
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Virtual worlds addressing real-life issues
From space exploration to protecting the world鈥檚 rainforests, the benefits of creating virtual models of real-life scenarios are limitless.
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New Deans for Global Development
Two new Deans have been appointed to drive forward the University鈥檚 global vision.
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True size of largest tropical peatland revealed
A new study has mapped the full scale of a vast region of peatland in the heart of the Congo Basin, revealing it to be 15% bigger than previously thought.
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Unchecked emissions could double heat-related child mortality
If carbon emissions are limited to slow temperature rise, as many as 6,000 child deaths could be prevented in Africa each year, according to new estimates.