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• Silent witnesses: corals pinpoint the start of deforestation in Borneo

  Date: 3 Jul 2025

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  Â鶹ÊÓƵ scientists analyse the chemical composition of corals to spot the signs of deforestation, filling a huge gap in...

• Tree rings reveal increasing rainfall seasonality in the Amazon

  Date: 16 Jun 2025

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  Study involving Â鶹ÊÓƵ researcher shows intensified seasonal cycles, with wet seasons are getting wetter and dry seasons drier,...

• Tradition meets AI as Leicester scientists help tackle Amazonian biodiversity crisis

  Date: 9 Jun 2025

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  Scientists led by Â鶹ÊÓƵ working with universities in Brazil will support traditional communities to monitor biodiversity in the...

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ appoints new Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Science and Engineering

  Date: 14 May 2025

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  The University is delighted to confirm the appointment of Professor Dirk Schaefer as Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of College for Science and...

• New educational video series on Icelandic eruptions recognised in three of the UK’s most prestigious Geography educational awards

  Date: 6 May 2025

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  University Leicester contributes to video series through the involvement of Dr Marc Reichow from the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment

• Ptero Firma: footprints pinpoint when ancient flying reptiles conquered the ground

  Date: 1 May 2025

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  Study led by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ links fossilised flying reptile tracks to animals that made them, revealing a 160-million-year-old...

• New species revealed after 25 years of study on ‘inside out’ fossil – and named after discoverer’s mum

  Date: 27 Mar 2025

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  Study from Â鶹ÊÓƵ describes a new species of fossil that is 444 million years-old with soft insides perfectly preserved and saw...

• Wind turbine remains may be among ‘most surprising’ fossils for far future generations, palaeontologists say

  Date: 12 Mar 2025

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  Â鶹ÊÓƵ palaeontologists publishing new book on technofossils suggest that wind turbine blades, made from difficult to recycle...

• Discovery of new 430 million-year-old fossils challenges our understanding of ancient molluscs

  Date: 8 Jan 2025

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  Study involving Â鶹ÊÓƵ scientist examines ‘exceptionally preserved’ soft tissues in fossils

• A festive flying pterosaur family reunion 150 million years in the making

  Date: 19 Dec 2024

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  Â鶹ÊÓƵ study finds nearly 50 hidden relatives of Pterodactylus, the first pterosaur