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• Leicester students win out of this world competition for satellite ideas

  Date: 26 Jul 2022

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  A team of students from Leicester has won thousands of pounds in a competition run by the UK Space Agency calling for innovative ideas on how...

• Space data tracks record-breaking UK heatwave

  Date: 18 Jul 2022

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  Earth Observation (EO) experts based at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ have laid bare the UK’s record-breaking heatwave with data captured from space.

• Scientists pour cold water on claim British rivers are ‘cleanest since Industrial Revolution’

  Date: 12 Jul 2022

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  Scientists and charities have poured cold water on recent claims that water quality in British rivers is “better than at any time since the end of...

• Environment scientists close in on ‘golden spike’ to define Anthropocene

  Date: 18 May 2022

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  Leicester researchers searching for a ‘golden spike’ to formally define humanity’s current geological period – and acknowledge human impact on our...

• Leicester research now ranked Top 30 in the UK (Times Higher Education analysis of REF 2021)

  Date: 12 May 2022

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  The Â鶹ÊÓƵ has made one of the biggest climbs of any UK university in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, published on...

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ celebrates top 1.6% global sustainability ranking

  Date: 27 Apr 2022

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  The Â鶹ÊÓƵ is once again celebrating global sustainability success after being ranked among the top global universities for its...

• Urgent action required to protect world’s coral reefs from disappearing within three decades, warn experts

  Date: 15 Apr 2022

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  An international team of environmental scientists have published a series of significant recommendations to protect, conserve and study the...

• Earth Observation research detects methane over Poland’s coal mines

  Date: 21 Mar 2022

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  Data from the Tropomi instrument onboard the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite has been used by Leicester-based Earth Observation experts to detect...

• Leicester computational modelling experts pioneer pest-busting model

  Date: 10 Feb 2022

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  Mathematicians at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ have developed a new mathematical model which could greatly increase the efficiency of pest control...

• Geologists uncover ‘Goldilocks Zone’ for precious metals in Earth’s crust

  Date: 31 Jan 2022

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  Leicester research has identified a new ‘Goldilocks Zone’ in the Earth’s crust which could provide metals vital to the green revolution.