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Releasing beavers as part of a trial in the North York Moors has helped to reduce downstream flooding and enhance biodiversity according to new research from the University of Leeds. Two beavers were released in 2019 into an enclosure in Cropton Forest where natural flood management had already taken place to try to reduce...
Leading climate scientists are urging world governments to commission the first authoritative global climate‑risk assessment, warning that the world is dangerously unprepared for the accelerating and interacting threats posed by climate change. Their call follows a new commentary led by Met Office experts and published in Nature, highlighting a “critical gap” in how global climate...
Researchers from the University of Leeds are helping to strengthen sanitation systems across sub‑Saharan Africa and South Asia. Poor water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems are responsible for preventable deaths, especially among mothers, young children and infants. The University is a core partner in WASH Systems for Health, a major international partnership focused on learning, evidence...
Reducing the UK’s energy demand could help the country reach its net zero target faster and at half the cost compared to relying mainly on supply-side technologies, according to new research by energy experts. Most national strategies emphasise supply-side technological solutions such as electrification and renewable energy generation. But the research, published today in Nature...
Scientists have used clues locked into tree rings to reveal major changes in the Amazon’s rainfall cycle over the last 40 years which show that wet seasons are getting wetter and dry seasons drier. Oxygen isotope signals in rings from two Amazon tree species allowed the international research team led by the University of Leeds...