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Find out what's been happening in the Geography department.
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To clean up England’s rivers we need to know how much sewage is dumped – but water firms won’t tell us
23 Feb 2023
UK environment secretary Thérèse Coffey has demanded that water companies share plans for how they will reduce sewage discharges into rivers. They ...
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The UK needs a national energy advice service
17 Jan 2023
The UK government recently launched “It all adds up”, a campaign aimed at providing “simple, low or no-cost actions that households can take to ...
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Antarctic glaciers formed 30 million years earlier than previously thought
5 Jan 2023
A new study has revealed that glaciers formed in the highest mountains of Antarctica at least 60 million years ago, which is 30 million years earlier ...
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Austerity has its own life – here’s how it lives on in future generations
3 Jan 2023
Austerity in the UK is here to stay. The Bank of England has warned that the country is facing the longest recession since records began, predicting ...
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Drastic retreat of Norway’s largest glacier highlights scale of climate change
7 Nov 2022
A Geography expert from The University of Manchester has demonstrated the speed and scale of climate change in a new book, by outlining the immense ...
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Exploring how to help leaders make Greater Manchester more ‘age-friendly’
1 Oct 2022
To mark the UN’s International Day of Older Persons on October 1st, a new project has been launched which aims to help researchers and policymakers ...
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Ancient footprints on UK beach record demise of a biodiversity hotspot
26 Sep 2022
A team of archaeologists and geographers from The University of Manchester have discovered that hundreds of ancient animal and human footprints found ...
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Kinder Scout National Nature Reserve extended in size to continue important research into tackling climate change
2 Sep 2022
As from today, Kinder Scout, the National Nature Reserve (NNR) in Derbyshire cared for by the National Trust, will be extended in size by 25 per cent ...
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Hot and dry conditions in UK causing unprecedented extreme wildfire danger
11 Aug 2022
Record temperatures and dry weather in the UK this summer are causing exceptionally high levels of danger from extreme wildfires, according to ...
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Millions more at risk from dangerous summer temperatures if climate goals aren’t met
14 Jul 2022
Health-threatening heatwaves will become more intense due to climate change, putting millions more people at risk from dangerous summer temperatures, ...
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Animation highlights importance of microplastics research in driving water company investigations
30 Jun 2022
A new animation has highlighted how The University of Manchester’s research on microplastic pollution in rivers has helped to drive investigations ...
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Stuck on the bog - New research could be a ‘game changer’ for peatland restoration in Yorkshire’s wildest locations
12 May 2022
New Research could revolutionise peatland restoration thanks to a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) funded by UKRI through Innovate UK and ...
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Water companies are main cause of microplastic pollution in UK’s rivers
13 May 2021
New research by experts from The University of Manchester has found that the poor management of untreated wastewater and raw sewage by water companies...
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