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Our news highlights groundbreaking research, student achievements, and faculty expertise that are making a real difference in addressing urgent environmental challenges. Each story represents a step forward in our journey to create a world we want to live in.
The results of the 2025 National Student Survey have revealed the strengths of the Department of Environment and Geography for the study of environmental sciences and physical geographical sciences. We have excelled in ‘Learning Resources’ and ‘Academic Support’.
A team of researchers, led by the University of York, has discovered a trend of increasing surface meltwater in East Antarctica.
A University of York study into the presence of ‘forever chemicals’ in UK rivers has found some of the highest levels ever recorded.
A better and more sustainable future for Africa and a stronger science voice is the goal of a University of York researcher who has become a Fellow with The African Academy of Sciences.
How can art spark climate action? An in-person public knowledge-sharing forum in Kuala Lumpur will bring together environmental artists, activists, civil society, and researchers to explore how creative expression can inspire change - at the policy, institutional, community, household, and personal levels.
A new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America uses archaeology to challenge long-held assumptions about global trade. Many economists think global trade generates prosperity, but struggle to explain the inequalities that often result.
Are daffodils in bloom earlier? Does cherry blossom appear earlier these days? And are distinct, new ‘seasons’ starting to appear too? New University of York research is examining changing seasons and what this means for how we approach climate change.
The Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC) and the University of York have partnered with agricultural technology startup CroBio in a £670k (€0.8M) project funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)'s Farming Innovation Programme and supported by Innovate UK.