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Minister Stephen Morgan visits a pioneering University of Leeds-supported project helping farmers restore landscapes, improve water quality and reduce flood risk. Farmers are at the heart of efforts to restore nature, improve water quality and reduce flood risk in the Upper Duddon, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Stephen Morgan MP...
Trees in urban areas are highly effective in reducing harmful heat exposure and improving outdoor comfort in cities, according to a new study. Weather measurements in Leeds have shown that many green spaces, such as parks, gardens and forests, were cooler than surrounding urban environments, also known as grey spaces. Treescapes – areas with tree...
A new Greenery Trail has been installed at the University of Leeds, created by Dr Hazel Mooney as part of Campus Reimagined. The Greenery Trail is the first of six Campus Reimagined mini projects, which were voted on by the University community, to be fully implemented. Since May this year, the trail has been open...
A ‘remarkably strange-looking' plant has been named after Professor Jon Lovett, who discovered it in the Tanzania rainforests. Back in 1997, ‘Afrothismia lovettii’ was found in the most humid parts of the rainforest, near a large waterfall in the Kihansi Gorge of the Udzungwa Mountains. A new study, with the preprint published on bioRxiv, concludes that...
Elle Smith, a postgraduate researcher in the School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability has been announced as the European Young Urban Forester of the Year for 2026. The award celebrates forestry researchers and practitioners who work with trees, woodlands, forests, natural greenspaces and green infrastructure in urban or peri-urban settings. Elle was nominated for this...
By Robyn Wrigley and George Porton – School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability, University of Leeds In 2004, a restoration project in the Yorkshire Dales, UK, made the decision to replace sheep with cattle. The goal was simple – restore plant diversity in its grasslands. New research by the University of Leeds has found this...
A new public footpath has been unveiled at Gair Wood that links up with the ever-popular Meanwood Valley Trail and Leeds Country Way. It will be the first time the public will have access to the site owned by the University of Leeds. More than 60,000 trees were planted three years ago to enhance the...
Work to restore heathland, meadows, woodland, peatlands and rivers in the uplands of South Cumbria has begun in earnest thanks to a new project supported by Defra’s Landscape Recovery Scheme. Work to restore heathland, meadows, woodland, peatlands and rivers in the uplands of South Cumbria has begun in earnest thanks to a new project supported...
Cattle grazing at a nature reserve in the Yorkshire Dales has increased plant diversity by over 40% according to research by the University of Leeds. Allowing native cattle breeds to roam large areas of the landscape at Ingleborough has also led to a five-fold increase in the number of butterflies. Researchers conducted two studies into...
The University of Leeds and the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) are hosting an international Workshop on forest fires, smoke and air quality in Brazil. In 2024, wild fires affected 30 million hectares of Brazil — an area larger than the United Kingdom — causing severe environmental and health issues across the country. It...