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A bizarre group of fish-eating dinosaurs that featured in Jurassic Park 3 originated in Europe, a new study has found. The iconic Spinosaurus – part of the Spinosaurid family of dinosaurs and recognisable by an elaborate sail along its back – famously faced off against the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex in the hit movie. Origins Their...
The Minister for Climate Transition has called for more joined-up thinking between businesses, researchers, landowners and government to address climate risks. Speaking at an event at Nexus, the University of Leeds’ innovation hub, Katie White OBE MP stressed the importance of integrating climate risk management into economic growth strategies. She said that getting better at...
Recovery in some logged forests may be much slower than previously assumed, despite common expectations that logged tropical forests will absorb large amounts of carbon as trees regrow. Colleagues in the School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability, and Viet Nature Conservation Centre, led by Dr Amy Bennett, have monitored 24 permanent forest plots in the...
Leeds researchers have played a key role in a pioneering study in the Irish Sea. It aims to address critical evidence gaps on the impact of bottom trawling on seabed carbon storage. Bottom trawling – the practice of dragging nets along the seabed for fishing – has long been known to disturb carbon stored in...
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...