Monday 16 July 2018
Plastic microfibres which includes synthetic fabrics in our clothing and textiles has been found polluting our rivers. This was based on a study made by Dr Paul Kay on 28 river samples from six different field sites in Northern England. Dr Kay added, “These tiny plastic fragments and flakes may prove to be one of…
Member newsWednesday 11 July 2018
Led by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), the Collaborative Partnership on Forests’ Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) initiative undertook a comprehensive scientific assessment of the state of knowledge on the forest-water relationship. The panel’s report was formally launched last 10th July at the UN Headquarters in New York. Dr Julia Martin-Ortega, Associate…
Member newsFriday 11 May 2018
The Intergrating Hydro-Climate Science into Policy Decisions for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure and Livelihoods in East Africa project (HyCRISTAL) is working both to improve climate change predictions for East Africa and to use that information to inform long-term decision-making in the region.
Member newsWednesday 7 March 2018
The blog by Professor Martin Tillotson (Civil Engineering) describes the research areas covered by water@leeds and the importance it places on providing expert support to business. To read the full article go to: http://www.ncub.co.uk/blog/developing-solutions-to-improve-the-world-s-water-problems
Member newsTuesday 19 December 2017
River invertebrates react the same way to decreasing glacier cover wherever in the world they are, say scientists who have evaluated more than one million of them in diverse regions with shrinking glaciers, to determine the impact of global environmental change. Their findings, published today in Nature Ecology & Evolution, indicate that there is a…
Thursday 14 December 2017
The £1m project led by G2O Water Technologies to develop new, graphene-based water filters has teamed up with water@leeds to bring the technology closer to addressing world-wide water scarcity. Read the full University of Leeds press release here. The story has also been featured in the Yorkshire Post. Click here to read the full article….
Monday 11 December 2017
The water@leeds Annual Report 2016-2017 is now available to view at https://water.leeds.ac.uk/annual-report. The Report contains facts and figures about water@leeds’ performance and membership throughout the 2016-2017 academic year, as well as highlighting some of our members’ successes, new research and funding, and a list of selected publications.
New ProjectsThursday 2 November 2017
An innovative project aims to demonstrate that landscape restoration could protect at-risk upland communities from flash flooding. Professor Joseph Holden, director of water@leeds at the University of Leeds, is co-investigator on the £1.2m project, which will investigate natural flood management methods as a low-cost way to reduce flooding in rural communities that are near steep…
Member newsMonday 30 October 2017
Earthwatch Seminar hosted by water@leeds and School of Civil Engineering Date: Friday 20 October 2017 Speakers: Dr Wim Clymans and Luis Felipe Velasquez Missed the Earthwatch Seminar? Click here to see the slides. About Earthwatch Earthwatch (http://eu.earthwatch.org/) has a long history (since the 1970s) in the development and delivery of citizen science projects…
Monday 16 October 2017
Rosalind Bark, Julia Martin-Ortega & Kerry Waylen September 2017 This briefing note presents a summary of the results of a survey that was conducted during the spring of 2017. A total 118 respondents across the UK with a broad interest in flood risk, water, land or environmental management answered the survey. The survey’s aim was…
