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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...
Professor Richard Beardsworth, Principal Fellow of the Priestley Centre, has written an article in the July edition of Open Access Government, a publication for government ministers, senior civil servants, and public sector procurement and policy professionals across the UK and Europe. The article examines what initiatives such as the Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels (TAFF)...
Ben Pickering with the camera he built to enhance forecasting from weather stations. A meteorologist aiming to make weather forecasting more accurate is one of three winners of an inaugural prize at the University of Leeds. Ben Pickering, who completed a PhD in Atmospheric Physics at Leeds, wants to increase the use of technology to...