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A major new study shows adding rock dust to farmland could remove the carbon dioxide equivalent of more than the current total emissions from global aviation and shipping combined. This is roughly equal to half of Europe’s current total emissions. The study, whose authors included Priestley Centre researcher Professor Steven Banwart, reveals how spreading finely...
A new study has examined spatial biodiversity patterns across the Permo-Triassic mass extinction event (c. 252 million years ago). The Permo-Triassic mass extinction represents the most catastrophic event in the last 500 million years of evolutionary history and caused the loss of up to 95% of species because of a cocktail of volcanic effects including...
The poet, writer and visual artist Redell Olsen is the winner of the £15,000 DARE Art Prize 2020-21. The prize offers an artist the opportunity to produce new work in partnership with scientists at the University of Leeds, as well as staff and performers from Opera North. Professor Olsen will produce a song cycle and film...
A new study shows for the first time that the collapse of terrestrial ecosystems during Earth’s most deadly mass extinction event was directly responsible for disrupting ocean chemistry. The international study, led by the University of Leeds, highlights the importance of understanding the inter-connectedness of ecosystems as our modern environment struggles with the devastating effects...
The ongoing coronavirus crisis has serious implications for the economy and the environment. The period following will be decisive for tackling the ongoing climate and environmental crises. A recent systematic review conducted by University of Leeds and five other international universities, offers important propositions for post-coronavirus economy packages. In two articles, published in the journal...