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River researcher awarded prestigious Fulbright Scholarship
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A Leicester expert in river systems has been awarded a prestigious scholarship to expand her research in the USA.
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Hard evidence for a human-driven Earth
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The evidence for a new geological epoch which marks the impact of human activity on the Earth is now overwhelming, according to a recent paper by...
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Documentary highlights how humans created an artificial planet Earth
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The impact humans have had on planet Earth and how we have created an ‘artificial' planet will be explored in a new documentary by an...
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Researchers identify July 16 1945 as key time boundary in the history of the Earth
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Humans are having such a significant impact on the Earth that they are changing its geology, creating new and distinctive strata that will persist...
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Leicester researchers involved in hunt for golden spike that signalled new epoch
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Geologists - including Professor Jan Zalasiewicz and Dr Colin Waters from the Department of Geology - are on the hunt for the 'golden spike' that...
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Scientists suggest significant scale of human impact on planet has changed course of Earths history
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The significant scale of human impact on our planet has changed the course of Earth history, an international team of scientists led by our School...
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BBCs science preview of the year 2016 includes Leicester research
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Research into the Anthropocene has been mentioned in a BBC article covering the big upcoming science stories of 2016.
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Unprecedented energy consumption is leaving a permanent stain on planetary history
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A new study co-authored by three professors at the University of Leicester’s School of Geography, Geology and the Environment argues that the...
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Geologists reveal omnipresent effects of human impact on Englands landscape
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‘Omnipresent’ signs demonstrating the effects of human impact on England’s landscape have been revealed by researchers from our Department of Geology.
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Earth history opens a new chapter
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An international group of scientists has proposed that fallout from hundreds of nuclear weapons tests in the late 1940s to early 1960s could be...