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• Drying Congo peatlands threaten to accelerate climate change

  Date: 7 Nov 2022

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  Study reveals how the Congo peatlands changed from being a major store of carbon to a source of damaging carbon dioxide emissions.

• Newly appointed Archbishop of Cardiff discusses time as student at Â鶹ÊÓƵ

  Date: 24 Aug 2022

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  Leicester alumnus and newly appointed Archbishop of Cardiff, Mark O’Toole, has spoken about his time at the University.

• River researcher awarded prestigious Fulbright Scholarship

  Date: 3 Aug 2022

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  A Leicester expert in river systems has been awarded a prestigious scholarship to expand her research in the USA.

• Ceremony late show sees Gloria make Â鶹ÊÓƵ history

  Date: 26 Jul 2022

  /news/2022/july/gloria-mawete

  Geography student makes Â鶹ÊÓƵ graduation history

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

  Date: 12 Jul 2022

  /news/2022/july/river-water-quality

  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...

• Carbon Keepers project to create new carbon credits for farmers and landowners

  Date: 23 Jun 2022

  /news/2022/june/carbon-keepers

  Carbon Keepers, a green tech start-up, has signed up to the national SPRINT (Space Research and Innovation Network for Technology) business...

• Wider-reaching solutions urgently needed to reach realistic ‘net zero’, warn researchers

  Date: 28 Jan 2022

  /news/2022/january/landscape-decisions-net-zero

  There should be greater investment in using a wider group of experts to make decisions about how the landscape is managed if the UK is to reach...

• Major £1.7m funding to clean up Philippines mineral extraction

  Date: 18 Nov 2021

  /news/2021/november/promt

  Leicester researchers have been awarded part of a £1.

• Leicester experts feed £3.6 million sustainable agriculture training programme

  Date: 7 Oct 2021

  /news/2021/october/sustainable-agriculture-training

  Researchers at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ will lend their expertise to a new £3.

• River research reveals scale of macroplastic pollution

  Date: 21 Sep 2021

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  Plastic pollution clogs river systems for considerably longer than previously thought, new research from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ shows.