Faculty of Environment | University of Leeds

Building an AI platform to help food security

Researchers at Leeds are developing a new tool to reduce food waste and improve global food security, in partnership with a ...
Faculty of Environment | University of Leeds

Microplastics detected in rural woodland

Air-polluting microplastics have been found in rural areas in greater quantities than in cities, researchers say.
University of Leeds

Nitrogen is key to faster regrowth in deforested areas, say researchers

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 ...
University of Leeds

Ruth Williams

I am a PGR in the Ecology and Global Change research group, working on the ETHNO-CLIM project funded by an ERC Advanced Grant. My research examines how climate change impacts informal trail use in ...
University of Leeds

Research projects

TRANSAS: COVID-19 Transport, Travel and Social Adaptation Study UK Research and Innovation May 2020 July 2023 ...
University of Leeds

Jake Senior

I am a PhD candidate in the School of Geography undertaking a project titled ‘Quantifying the role of land cover in ‘slowing the flow’ for flood risk reduction in a changing climate’ I am also a ...