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The world is experiencing high levels of water insecurity, and vulnerable communities are experiencing the devastating consequences. water@leeds researchers at the School of Civil Engineering are developing MUISKA - a water security risk assessment toolkit which aims to improve management of water-security risks in river basins. This research forms part of work by the Water...
water@leeds members have contributed to a special report on the impact of the global water crisis on indigenous peoples and other minorities worldwide. Dr. Joshua Cohen, Dr Charlie Dannreuther and Dr. Markus Fraundorfer all from School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) together with Amber Abrams from the Future Water Institute, University of Cape Town,...
water@leeds, the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures and Opera North are delighted to present MELTWATER at Howard Assembly Room, Leeds at 7.30pm 27 September 2023. In the last two decades the rate at which the polar ice caps is melting has doubled. MELTWATER is an audio-visual performance which takes as its inspiration the sights and sounds...
Strawberry lovers might want to check the provenance of their fruit this summer following controversy about a new farming bill which could cause the devastation of an iconic Spanish wetland. Scientists from the water@leeds at University of Leeds and the Spanish National Research Council say urgent protection is needed for the fragile Doñana wetlands in Andalusia...
Learn more about an Impact Training week hosted by water@leeds in our short film. The training focussed on how to deliver impact from research to address the global phosphorus challenge. Fifteen early career researchers from across Europe were on campus in March 2023 for the event which was organised in partnership with the RecaP Project,...
Every Water Woman Award cycle we celebrate with an inspirational event, but this year is extra special because we were awarded the Research Culture Award 2022. So this event will be about celebrating... About this event : 19 June 2023 The event is planned for 2 hours (12-2pm including lunch) and will be very informal....
water@leeds is delighted to announce that University of Leeds researchers have been awarded £435,115 from the Lloyd Register Foundation to research the best ways of communicating the threats of severe weather events across the globe. The research collaboration combines expertise from the School of Earth and Environment (Dr Andrea Taylor, Dr Yim Ling Siu and...
Our monthly spotlight on the work and lives of the next generation of water@leeds researchers. Daniel Colson PhD title: Remote Sensing of Northern Peatlands Supervisors: Paul Morris, Mark Smith, Duncan Quincey School of Geography Tell us a bit about yourself I grew up in Olney, a market town near Milton Keynes, that’s probably best...
Thousands of pounds of Government funding is being invested in West Yorkshire to develop new research projects to help make the region more resilient to flooding and the impacts of climate change. West Yorkshire Flood Innovation Programme (WY FLIP)) has received £310,000 from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. Partners from five...
Prof Pippa Chapman, Champion for the NERC Freshwater Quality Programme has contributed to a feature on water quality in the Big Issue 17 April , 2023. Excerpt below. Read full article here. Top of the Poops - Privatisation of water in the UK has resulted in soaring bills and sewage-filled rivers. How did we get...