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New fossils reveal climate tipping point in most famous mass extinction
The collapse of tropical forests during Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged global warming which followed, according to new research. The Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction – sometimes referred to as the “Great Dying”, happened around 252 million years ago, leading to the massive loss of marine species and significant declines...
Scientists find three years left of remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C
The estimate of the remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C would be exhausted in a little more than three years at current levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to an international group of experts. The latest Indicators of Global Climate Change study published in the journal Earth System Science Data, reveals the central estimate of...
Methane project receives first post-Brexit Horizon grant
A €2.5m grant has been awarded to Professor Jan Selby by the European Research Council (ERC), the University’s first since the UK rejoined the EU’s Horizon research scheme post-Brexit. Professor Selby joined the School of Politics and International Studies as Professor of International Politics and Climate Change in 2023. His research focuses on international climate and...
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Climate, conflict and energy security – our research shows how the EU’s industrial policy must change to face this polycrisis
Industrial policy is back – it’s currently central to the agendas of both the EU and the UK. This resurgence comes amid a polycrisis marked...
How’s the UK attempt to reach net zero going? There’s good news and bad news
Each year, the – the UK’s independent advisory body tasked with monitoring the country’s movement toward its legally binding climate goals – gives a report...
University of Leeds at SB62
Each year, at the midpoint between the UN Climate Change Conferences – or, COPs – an event takes place in June to progress discussions and...