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The Local Government Association has launched new advice developed by experts at the University of Leeds on practical actions local authorities can take to decarbonise transport. While most sectors have reduced their carbon emissions in recent years, emissions from transport have remained stubbornly high, and radical changes are now needed if the UK is to...
Tapping into the myriad uses of plants and fungi could save people and the planet, says new report. University of Leeds researchers have joined forces with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to conduct research into the plants and fungi that could be used as a source of energy as well as assessing the species with...
Scientists warn that if greenhouse gas emissions continue apace, Greenland and Antarctica’s ice sheets could together contribute more than 39cm to global sea level rise this century. The Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project (ISMIP6) is an international team of scientists making predictions of ice sheet change under future climate scenarios to support the Intergovernmental Panel on...
A global analysis reveals for the first time that across almost all tree species, fast growing trees have shorter lifespans. This international study further calls into question predictions that greater tree growth means greater carbon storage in forests in the long term. Currently, forests absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. This...
Aviation has been calculated to be 3.5 per cent of all human activities that drive climate change, new research shows. A new international study, involving Professor Piers Forster from the University of Leeds, provides unprecedented calculations of the impact of aviation on the climate from 2000 to 2018 to produce the most comprehensive insight to...