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We are delighted to announce that Professor Lee Brown is joining the water@leeds executive team as Associate Director to lead on the mission of Next Generation. Under Lee’s leadership we will deliver our commitment to train the next generation of water experts who will develop the knowledge, skills and interdisciplinary awareness to make a positive...
A group of Leeds researchers have won funding to create new methods to forecast tropical storms, using Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Nowcasting with Artificial Intelligence for African Rainfall project (NAIAR) project aims to use new digital solutions to create 0 to 6 hour predictions – “nowcasting” – for tropical storms, using satellite data. The methods...
To mark World Water Week 2023, we are highlighting the work of water@leeds across the faculties of the University. This article focuses on water research from the Faculty of Environment. Water is the life source of our planet: our bodies, plants and oceans are made of it. Without it, or when it’s poorly managed, there...
To mark World Water Week 2023, we are highlighting the work of water@leeds members across the faculties of the University. This article focuses on water research from the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences. This year’s World Water Week (August 21-28) is focused on how innovation can overcome unprecedented challenges. The theme for 2023, “Seeds of...
To mark World Water Week 2023, we highlight a project developed within the Faculty of Social Sciences by members of water@leeds that explores our relationship with water. Water is the life source of our planet: our bodies, plants and oceans are made of it. Without it, or when it’s poorly managed, there can be disastrous...
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,...