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🌊 Here are our water@leeds 2025 Highlights – showcasing how #interdisciplinary research can tackle global #water challenges.

🌍Thanks to our members and collaborators in the UK and worldwide.

🔗Follow the link: chalciporus.us-west.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atp...
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Good to see research led by @carterlj.bsky.social and team at @universityofleeds.bsky.social School of Geography featured here.
Assessing emerging #contaminant levels in English soils as a critical step toward understanding #soil pollution at national scale. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 520 chemicals found in English soil, including long-banned medical substances
Fertilising arable land with human waste leaves array of toxins that could re-enter food chain, study finds
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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BBC has a case against Trump. WhiteHouse Chief Press Officer called the BBC ‘100% fake news.’ Which is defamatory and untrue.
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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💧A new chapter for the #EITCommunity begins!

We are excited to be part of the ALLWATERS consortium to lead #EITWater —a new community uniting business, research & education to tackle water scarcity, pollution & ecosystem degradation. #WaterInnovation

💧Meet the winning team: link.europa.eu/PX8rmP
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Rivers in dry landscapes are absorbing more CO2 than we thought according to new @science.org paper led by Taylor Maavara of @caryinstitute.bsky.social + School of Geography @universityofleeds.bsky.social. Under certain conditions, rivers can even act as carbon sinks.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
River metabolism in the contiguous United States: A West of extremes
River metabolism is among the most uncertain fluxes in the global carbon cycle. We present estimates for gross primary productivity (GPP) and ecosystem respiration (ER) for more than 175,000 rivers ac...
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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The impact of Melting Glaciers - find out more on the 'How to Fix' podcast with @duncanquincey.bsky.social ⛰️
Glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, threatening lives and livelihoods. How can we minimise the impact?

Leeds academics Duncan Quincey and Lauren Rawlins, with alum Kenton Cool, are searching for answers on our latest How To Fix… podcast.

Listen: listen.podmasters.uk/HTFCleanAir?...
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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📢UK RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

#LoughNeagh - Microbial Source Tracking for Enhanced Environmental Analysis.

#NERC @ukri.org and #DAERA are funding a call for a new research project focusing on the Lough Neagh catchment system.

water.leeds.ac.uk/news/uk-rese...
November 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Gold owls in sunshine with blue sky. It’s a #northern thing.i#Leeds
May 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Next week, Wednesday 21 May, we're honoured to welcome UN Special Rapporteur Mr Pedro Arrojo-Agudo to campus.

He'll give a public lecture on water and human rights, sharing his report about its relation to economics.

Everyone is welcome to join!

environment.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
Managing water from a human rights perspective
Come and join us at this exciting opportunity to hear first-hand how water@leeds at the University of Leeds have contributed to the United Nation’s global water agenda.
environment.leeds.ac.uk
May 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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We shouldn’t cut a single penny in support for disabled people - we should tax the wealthiest instead.

I’ve launched a petition calling for wealth taxes, not cuts - as part of our campaign to get as many MPs as possible to vote down these cuts.

Sign here: www.change.org/p/tax-wealth...
April 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Today marks the first ever #WorldGlaciersDay ❄️

Glaciers are the water towers of the world, supplying freshwater to over half of humanity, but they are at the frontline of the climate crisis.

Find out about the important research and glacier initiatives that Leeds academics are involved with 👇🧊
March 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
All you need to know about the Leeds St PatricksDayParade, Sunday 16 March, Millennium Square. #irishbluesky #leeds
@millsqleeds.bsky.social
Website: www.leedsstpatricksdayparade.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Filmmaker David Lynch, who created surreal shows and films such as "Twin Peaks," "Mulholland Drive" and "Blue Velvet," has died. He was 78 years old. https://on.wsj.com/3PEwzCY
January 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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