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Stronger links between UK science and innovation and financial institutions will be forged at a new Innovation Hub in Leeds. The Hub, part of the UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI), is situated in Nexus, the University of Leeds’ innovation community, in partnership with Leeds University Business School and the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures. The Centre...
Deforestation in the Amazon causes land surfaces up to 100 kilometres away to get warmer, according to a new study. The research, by a team of British and Brazilian scientists, led by Dr Edward Butt at the University of Leeds, suggests that tropical forests play a critical role in cooling the land surface - and that effect...
Humanity is rapidly reaching the limit for how much additional carbon can be emitted into the atmosphere to keep global warming within 1.5°C, according to a new research. If emissions stay at current day levels, what is known as the "remaining carbon budget" will be exhausted before the end of the decade. Dr Chris Smith,...
71 of the 162 ice shelves that surround Antarctica have reduced in volume over 25 years from 1997 to 2021, with a net release of 7.5 trillion tonnes of meltwater into the oceans, say scientists. They found that almost all the ice shelves on the western side of Antarctica experienced ice loss. In contrast, most...
A spinout company from the University of Leeds has received investment to scale up its pioneering carbon dioxide removal technology. Northern Gritstone has invested in C-Capture, the leading designer of chemical processes for CO₂ removal, as part of a wider £10m funding round. C-Capture has patented a unique, solvent-based technology which offers a safe, low-cost way to...