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water@leeds is one of the largest interdisciplinary centres for water research in any university in the world. #academicsky #EITwater #WaterInnovation

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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...
Exciting news! Dr Markus Fraundorfer @polisatleeds.bsky.social has secured ESRC funding for groundbreaking project:

💧Governing rivers as legal persons: Developing a kin-centric rights framework to address Brazil’s river crisis.

water.leeds.ac.uk/news/polis-r...

#RightsOfNature #WaterGoveranance
January 15, 2026 at 5:38 PM
📢 #PhD opportunity in Global #MethanePolitics

2 full scholarships at University of Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social @janselby.bsky.social

Projects on 1) the politics of coal methane and 2) the politics of #wastewater methane. #academicsky

Deadline 15 Feb 2026
phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2341...
Global Methane Politics
Project opportunity - Global Methane Politics at the University of Leeds
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December 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
📢3 x Research Fellowship Opportunities!

🌍Global #MethanePolitics.

🌍3 positions available on the methane politics of livestock, oil and gas, and solid waste respectively. #academicsky

Led by @janselby.bsky.social @polisatleeds.bsky.social

🔗https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/ESLPO1108
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellowships in Global Methane Politics
**3 Positions**Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have interests or background in environmental politics, political ecology or related areas? Do you want to furthe...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
📢Looking to start a funded #PhD in 2026?

The @yes-dtn.bsky.social is a partnership between the Universities of Leeds, York, and National Centre for Atmospheric Science.

Projects tackle the global #environmental #science questions of the future. #academicsky

Deadline 7 January
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Home - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
YES•DTN Applications for October 2026 will open on Monday 17 November 2025, and close at 13:00, Wednesday 7 January 2026. Please see the ‘Join us’ pages for more information. We are a partnership betw...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🌊 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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Today is #InternationalMountainDay, and this year's theme highlights the importance of glacier preservation.

On our How To Fix… podcast, Leeds academics Duncan Quincey and Lauren Rawlins, with alum Kenton Cool, discussed how we can minimise the impact of melting glaciers.

Listen: pod.fo/e/34cbac
December 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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COP - a failing approach in need of radical change?

🌎 Professor Jan Selby writes how COP30 in Belém promised ambition and inclusivity, yet like COP29 in Baku, it ended in disappointment.

What do you think about COP? Let us know in the comments!

climate.leeds.ac.uk/a-tale-of-tw...
A Tale of Two COPs - Priestley Centre for Climate Futures
by Jan Selby*  Last year, the annual circus of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) travelled to Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. The proceedings w...
climate.leeds.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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
📢 Leeds PGRs - Win up to £500 for your research project!

Our SPRING Award is open for applications!

If you are a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds working on a #water related #research from any discipline, you are eligible.

Deadline: 18 Dec 2025

👉 Apply:
water.leeds.ac.uk/news/pgr-fun...
December 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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@theguardian.com predictably quick in its good coverage. This is the start. We need community organisations not centered on climate to convene tlscreenings of rhe film , and discussion www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Glaciers are a vital water source but how much longer will we have them?🏔️

Scaling some of the most challenging heights and battling extreme conditions, our researchers have found some shocking truths about the glaciers❄️

To read more about their journey, click the link below👇
https://bit.ly/4nP14EZ
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📢New Paper #flooding
Sam Ramsden, @birchcathryn.bsky.social, Ashar Aslam, Sarah Jenkins, Jake Anderson @yorkshireicasp.bsky.social
Exploring the Use of Flood Early Warning Systems by Communities in England | Ramsden 2025 | Journal of Flood Risk Management
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Exploring the Use of Flood Early Warning Systems by Communities in England
Involving communities in flood early warning systems (FEWS) is increasingly recognised as an essential component of flood resilience. FEWS is considered to be integrated systems of flood forecasting ...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Geosolutions Leeds researchers, Dr Adam Booth and Prof Fleur Loveridge, recently completed the first distributed acoustic sensing survey at the Cheshire Observatory, demonstrating the potential to map thermal changes in the subsurface using sound waves.

Read full article 👉https://bit.ly/3WTPcX7
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Hello freshwater friends and fellow lovers of leeches... our October edition of FBA Voice is out now! This month includes features on #Riverkin #Riverflies #FreshwaterPearlMussels #FBAHistory #CitizenScience #MedicinalLeech and more!

Check out the October FBA Voice here:
mailchi.mp/fba/welcome-...
October 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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🌍Week One at COP30: Leeds delegate Jyoti Narsude shares her reflections. There’s progress on climate finance, forests & Indigenous rights, but pledges still fall short of Paris Agreement goals. The challenge - to turn progress into real implementation. Read more ➡️ climate.leeds.ac.uk/cop30-first-...
COP30: First Week Overview and Key Takeaways - Priestley Centre for Climate Futures
Leeds COP30 Delegate, Jyoti Narsude from the School of Geography, gives her thoughts on the first week of COP in Brazil... UNFCCC's COP30 began with hopes similar to those of previous COPs—finding eff...
climate.leeds.ac.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
💧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
England faces drastic measures due to extreme drought.

Our research colleague Dr Megan Klaar provides expert comment in the @theguardian.com

#drought #water #research
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Today is the first day of #COP30! 🌍 What is COP? What’s on the agenda this year? How is the university involved? Here’s everything you need to know 👇🧵
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 7th January 2026 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
The evolutionary genomics of life-history adaptations in pinnipeds - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
Project summary Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, fur seals and walrus) are keystone marine predators, and sentinels for marine ecosystem health. Advances in genomic technology open up the possibility to u...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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
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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As #COP30 heads to the heart of the Amazon, the stakes for land and nature have never been higher.

Jyoti Narsude, PhD student and COP30 delegate, explores how this COP could be a turning point for climate justice, forest protection, and Indigenous rights.

climate.leeds.ac.uk/how-will-thi...
November 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
📢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