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26 August 2021

Scientists studying tropical forests in Africa’s mountains were surprised to uncover how much carbon they store, and how fast some of these forests are being cleared.

21 June 2021

PhD student Alex Payne looks at how the geological record has a fundamental role to play in comprehending the modern world.

8 June 2021

Postdoctoral Research Associate Brennen Fagan looks at the subject of speciation and how different groups have tried to tackle it.

11 May 2021

UK landowners and conservationists welcome wider-spread use of Gene Conservation Units (GCUs) to help protect some of the rarest plants and insects, research at the University of York has shown.

4 February 2021

Pete Yeo, reconciliation ecologist and nature mentor, explores Britain's ecology through the lens of William Blake's poem 'And did those feet in ancient times'

10 November 2020

The Coronavirus pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on the North of England – leading to more deaths and greater social and economic hardship than any other region in England, according to a new report.

29 October 2020

The Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity (LCAB) is delighted to announce that we've moved into a newly refurbished space in the Berrick Saul building on Campus West at the University of York.

4 October 2020

Some of Europe’s native butterflies may have to be moved to colder climes if they are to survive global warming, a new study suggests.

1 October 2020

COVID-19 is a horrible global crisis. Yet, like previous horrible global crises, including WWI and WWII, it also presents an opportunity and an obligation to rebuild our global society to adapt to changing conditions.