We are delighted to announce that the research project AquaRoots has been awarded funding through the Global Centre on ...

I joined the Institute for Transport Studies (ITS) as a Postgraduate Researcher in October 2024. My PhD research examines wider economic benefits of transport infrastructure investments in low-income ...

Two beavers were released in 2019 into an enclosure in Cropton Forest, where natural flood management had already taken place to try to reduce the flood risk to villages downstream. The trial was led ...

Human activities pushed global warming to 1.37°C in 2025, and its level is projected to surpass 1.5°C in about four years. Crucially, the rate at which heat is accumulating in the Earth system ...

The study shows that on average more than half a million additional people were exposed, with peak exposure affecting up to 2.3 million people. Our results show that prescribed burning can increase ...

Work to restore heathland, meadows, woodland, peatlands and rivers in the uplands of South Cumbria has begun in earnest thanks to a new project supported by Defra’s Landscape Recovery Scheme. The ...

It will be the first time the public will have access to the site owned by the University of Leeds. More than 60,000 trees were planted three years ago to enhance the local environment and provide a ...

Latest subject rankings from the QS World University Rankings by Subject published in March 2026 recognise the global standing of subjects and academic disciplines within the faculties, with subjects ...

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) working with Biota Trace and the Lough Neagh Partnership, has secured funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Department of ...

Kirk joined the Department of Earth Sciences (now part of the School of Earth and Environment) in 1986 as a member of the technical staff. He dedicated his career to supporting teaching and research ...

A team of scientists led by the University of Leeds established the world’s largest and longest experiment to see how nutrients affect forest regrowth in areas cleared for activities such as logging ...

His research project, titled ‘Representations of Cognitive Geography for Navigating Sustainable Neighbourhoods (ReCoGNiSe)’ will study how people experience and remember their local environments, ...