🤔What do words like 'woke' and 'gaslight' actually mean, and where do they come from? 💬Dr Robbie Morgan from IDEA: The Ethics Centre has coined a term for the harm caused when language change leaves us lost for words. Read more in The Conversation 👇 theconversation.com/woke-and-gasli…

⚡Hydroelectricity - the green energy source that's also having a catastrophic effect on freshwater fish. 🐟 Josie South and Leeds colleagues explain in The Conversation why hydroelectric dams are driving massive biodiversity loss. theconversation.com/the-surge-in-h…

On a mission to reach Net Zero... Fleur Loveridge, Professor of Geo-Energy Engineering Engineering at Leeds chats to Paul Hudson about geothermal drilling on campus, which scientists hope will lead to geothermal energy being used to heat @universityleeds buildings 🏗️ 🏢

⚡ 🔋 To reduce emissions in line with national targets, the UK must overhaul how it produces, uses & distributes electricity. Writing in The Conversation Sheridan Few from Earth and Environment at Leeds maps out where the UK needs to change. ⚡ 🔋 theconversation.com/the-uks-power-…

Sustainability project ‘Walking to Zero’ at Leeds University Business School is encouraging students and staff to connect to the landscape by combining sketching and walking🚶 Following a training session with Yorkshire artist Jake Attree, participants then transformed their walks into art🖼️

Global emissions of nitrous oxide - more potent than carbon dioxide - have risen at an 'alarming rate' say scientists. A Earth and Environment at Leeds academic worked on a study that found agriculture-related emissions, mostly due to fertiliser use, were the biggest culprit. leeds.ac.uk/main-index/new…

It’s #CleanAirDay 🌍 With air pollution a key problem in cities, Leeds academics Prof Cath Noakes #Ventilate 😷 💙, Jim McQuaid 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 and Dr James Tate discuss ways to create cleaner air in our recent podcast series ‘How to Fix…’, hosted by @ItsRichWilliams. Listen now 👂👇 listen.podmasters.uk/HTFCleanAir?at…

'We're edging towards a school absence epidemic' warns Dr Megan Wood but new research shows we can see the seeds being sown even as children first start school leeds.ac.uk/main-index/new…

New research by Zia Wadud reveals that long-distance journeys of 50+ miles result in 70% of UK residents' passenger travel-related carbon emissions. 🔗 environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/5…

New paper in Nature Energy : The large role of #longdistance #travel in #carbonemissions from passenger travel. <3% trips are >50 miles (1way), but are responsible for ~60% of miles & ~70% of emissions. nature.com/articles/s4156… w/ Jillian Anable Muhammad Adeel

Long-distance trips are less than 3% of all travel but 70% of emissions, according to research by Zia Wadud, who analysed official DfT & ONS figures to find the true impact of long-haul travel. #climate #transport #carbonemissions leeds.ac.uk/main-index/new…

More specific climate targets could give the new government the clarity to achieve the UK's climate goals. Professor John Barrett outlines four additional targets recommended in a report by the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures's Climate Evidence Unit. theconversation.com/four-crucial-c…

The Imaginary series on #Netflix demonstrates why it's good for children to have make-believe friends, explains developmental psychologist Dr Paige E Davis in The Conversation. theconversation.com/the-imaginary-…

A new report from our Climate Evidence Unit sets out 5⃣ targets that the incoming Government can adopt to achieve its climate commitments. In this short video, Professor John Barrett explains why the report was needed. Read on to find out more about each target... 🧵👇

What do you get when you cross carnival designers High Esteem with engineers from Engineering at Leeds? Answer: This incredible costume 😍 Look out for it at next month's Leeds West Indian Carnival leeds.ac.uk/main-index/new…

Inspired by the way vines grow around trees and controlled by magnetic skin, these tiny robots could transform cancer diagnosis and treatment 🌱leeds.ac.uk/main-index/new…

💰Just nine people sit on the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, which sets the UK's #InterestRates. 💬But pressure for change is mounting. Professor David Spencer and Dr Muhammad Ali Nasir 🇬🇧 from Leeds University Business School explain why: theconversation.com/just-nine-peop…

📚The latest Child of the North report reveals the scale of the crisis facing many children with special educational needs and disabilities. 🧮 But it also outlines an evidence based plan to tackle the issue and improve the lives of millions of children. ⬇️ leeds.ac.uk/main-index/new…

Scientists from Earth and Environment at Leeds and @Cardiffuni have helped to recover the first long section of rocks that originated in the Earth’s mantle, the layer below the crust. These rocks could help unravel the mantle’s important role in the makeup and evolution of our planet🌍

New research by Prof Tom Gernon and Benjamin Mills shows how 'oceanic anoxic events' up to 185 million years ago changed the course of evolution and our planet. environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/5…