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Heat stress is among the biggest causes of weather-related sick leave, but a new report shows that workers are facing a much wider range of climate-related risks, with flooding, drought, storms and poor air quality also affecting their health, wellbeing and ability to work. The report, Workers and Climate Adaptation at Work - produced by Priestley members and associates Professor...
Trees in urban areas are highly effective in reducing harmful heat exposure and improving outdoor comfort in cities, according to a new study led by Priestley members. Weather measurements in Leeds have shown that many green spaces, such as parks, gardens and forests, were cooler than surrounding urban environments, also known as grey spaces. Treescapes...
The University of Leeds’ membership of the prestigious Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) has been renewed, as part of the new Science Delivery Framework. Leeds remains one of eight university partners selected nationally for this new phase, following a highly competitive process. Leeds is a founding member of MOAP, established in 2010, and this renewal marks the...
A new open-access book, developed through the Priestley Climate Scholars programme at the University of Leeds, brings together diverse perspectives on one of society's greatest challenges: how to build fairer and more sustainable climate futures. Climate Futures Across Disciplines: A Next Generation Approach, co-edited by Professor Richard Beardsworth, Professor Viktoria Spaiser and Susan Ann Samuel,...
The Earth’s temperature has been much cooler in the past than previously thought, meaning it could be moving towards the warmest it’s ever been. Research at the University used a new method of measurement to understand how warm the Earth’s temperature has been over the Phanerozoic period – from around 540 million years ago to...