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The way we produce and consume food has a significant impact on the environment. Food systems are responsible for up to 30% of all human-related greenhouse gas emissions, with the majority originating from agricultural production. This makes them a significant driver of climate change. At the same time, most of the world’s traditional farming...
What if fibre optic cables could do more than deliver our high-speed internet? What if they could also help us listen to the Earth, capturing the subtle seismic whispers and temperature shifts happening deep beneath our feet? That’s the idea behind fibre optic distributed sensing - a technology that turns standard optic cables into a...
The promising results support the University’s plans to develop low-carbon heating and cooling systems on campus, moving us further towards our Net Zero targets.
Following our internal call for research proposals, we are excited to announce the successful projects that will help us achieve our objectives and support the delivery of the University’s Climate Plan.
Dr Emma Bramham and Dr Arka Sarkar will present at an online webinar organised by the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland (GSNI) on Thursday 27 February.
The Geomechanics Laboratory at Geosolutions Leeds will be used in an immersive art project 'Voices of Coal' developed by a Time Network Artist Debbie Harman.
Geosolutions Leeds, in collaboration with Northern Powergrid, LCP Delta, E.ON Next, Leeds City Council, and Star Refrigeration, has secured new funding from Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) for an innovative interdisciplinary geothermal energy storage project.
The geothermal campus project, run by Geosolutions Leeds, was shown on a field trip and at a workshop at the British Sedimentological Research Group's 63rd Annual General Meeting in December.
University of Leeds academics Dr Laura Smith, Dr James Van Alstine, and Dr Jonathan Busch have recently launched a new project "Creating a low carbon, environmentally sustainable and socially just value chain for rare earth magnets" funded under Innovate UK's circular critical materials supply chains (CLIMATES) programme, to develop collaborative research and development projects to...
Geosolutions is delighted to welcome Professor Dave Healy to the team as Director of the centre. Prof. Healy joined in April 2024 and will lead the research, innovation and impact in the centre, to meet the challenges of the climate crisis through world-class subsurface research. Prof. Healy joined the University of Leeds from the University...