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Tackling urgent water challenges across Europe

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Leeds will be the UK and Ireland’s headquarters for a new European Knowledge and Innovation community that will tackle water scarcity, droughts and floods. The new community called EIT Water brings together Europe’s best minds from businesses, research centres and higher education institutes. water@leeds, which is based at the University of Leeds and is one...

Climate change could increase arable land

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Climate change could expand the agricultural feasibility of the global boreal region by 44 per cent by the end of the century, according to new research. However, the scientists warn that the same climate trends that would increase land suitable for crop growth could also significantly change the global climatic water balance – negatively impacting...