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Climate change is pushing the world towards a series of “tipping points” which will see rapid and irreversible change across the natural and social worlds, say a group of leading experts. A tipping point occurs when a small change triggers an often rapid and irreversible transformation, and the effects can be positive or negative. Before a...
An ultra-fast computer model that is shaping the global outlook on tackling climate change has been recognised for its environmental science impact. The Finite-Amplitude Impulse Response (FaIR) Model, developed by University of Leeds and University of Oxford academics, has transformed our understanding of the connection between global temperatures and the emissions we release into the...
Scientists are warning that apparently stable glaciers in the Antarctic can “switch very rapidly” and lose large quantities of ice as a result of warmer seas. Their finding comes after a research team led by Benjamin Wallis, a glaciologist at the University of Leeds, used satellites to track the Cadman Glacier, which drains into Beascochea Bay,...
New and novel techniques in satellite analysis will be used by scientists at the University of Leeds to help farmers in Kenya respond to global warming and environmental degradation. As with many countries, Kenya struggles to feed itself, with an estimated 4.4 million people facing high levels of acute food insecurity. Global hunger is being...
Pioneering research will for the first time monitor how the creation of England’s biggest new native woodland could help stave off the worst effects of climate change, such as flooding. Over the course of the next 20 years or more, a team of scientists will be monitoring the site at Snaizeholme, near Hawes in North...