water@leeds - University of Leeds

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• Fish, Fishers & Finances in Brazil’s Ornamental Fish Trade — Prof Sean Killen @glasgow.ac.uk

• Streaming Services: New ways to monitor tropical biodiversity — Christian Ching @nhm-london.bsky.social

🐟 Convenor @josiesouth.bsky.social

🔗Event details: shorturl.at/V6YMv

Hear from 5 speakers:

• Saving the World’s Forgotten Fishes — Mike Baltzer & Georgie Bull, #SHOAL @shoalorg.bsky.social

• A Conservation Journey in African Freshwater Fishes — Dr Manda Kambikambi

#freshwater #fish #conservation

🌍🐟 Join us to explore the conservation of the world’s forgotten freshwater fishes.

Hear stories of challenge, success, and collaboration from experts across academia, museums, and NGOs.

📅 Thu 19 February
🕙 10:00–14:00
📍 @universityofleeds.bsky.social

🔗 water.leeds.ac.uk/events/fresh...

Really excited that the Molecular Ecology group is going to be leading this project! ⬇️🌊

Stay tuned as we introduce our researchers working on this, and for updates on sampling and lab work!

We're looking forward to welcoming hydrologists to @universityofleeds.bsky.social September 2nd-4th for:

#BHS2026 16th National Hydrology Symposium on the theme of 'Reimagining Hydrology for a Changing World'.

🔗 www.hydrology.org.uk/BHS2026.php

We're excited to lead the new CLEAR-Neagh project, a collaborative effort to support the restoration of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland, one of the UK’s most important #freshwater systems 💧🧪

Bloom of green algae washing ashore on a lake

Lough Neagh is one of the most important freshwater resources in the UK.

The CLEAR-Neagh project is part of the £10m UK Freshwater Quality Research Programme, funded by NERC @ukri.org, @daera-ni.gov.uk & Defra and coordinated at water@leeds.

Read more:
water.leeds.ac.uk/news/vital-n...

lake water bordered by reeds

📢An exciting £920,000 research project kicks off next month to help restore one of Northern Ireland’s most threatened lakes — Lough Neagh.

Congratulations to the @ukceh.bsky.social team who will use state of the art technology to generate evidence to tackle its pollution @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social

Understanding the roles of decommodification in socioecological transformations: a new theoretical approach Decommodification is widely considered a central pillar of progressive socioecological transformations, like the green new deal, degrowth and ecosocialism. Yet it is inadequately problematised and ...

📢New Publication!

Congratulations to Dr Geoff Goodwin (@gbgoodwin.bsky.social) who has a new article published in New Political Economy.

This introduces a new theory of decommodification to better understand socioecological transformations

Read the open access article here ⬇️
shorturl.at/1zf86

Exciting news! Dr Markus Fraundorfer @polisatleeds.bsky.social has secured ESRC funding for groundbreaking project:

💧Governing rivers as legal persons: Developing a kin-centric rights framework to address Brazil’s river crisis.

water.leeds.ac.uk/news/polis-r...

#RightsOfNature #WaterGoveranance

📢 #PhD opportunity in Global #MethanePolitics

2 full scholarships at University of Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social @janselby.bsky.social

Projects on 1) the politics of coal methane and 2) the politics of #wastewater methane. #academicsky

Deadline 15 Feb 2026
phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2341...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellowships in Global Methane Politics **3 Positions**Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have interests or background in environmental politics, political ecology or related areas? Do you want to furthe...

📢3 x Research Fellowship Opportunities!

🌍Global #MethanePolitics.

🌍3 positions available on the methane politics of livestock, oil and gas, and solid waste respectively. #academicsky

Led by @janselby.bsky.social @polisatleeds.bsky.social

🔗https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/ESLPO1108

Home - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network YES•DTN Applications for October 2026 will open on Monday 17 November 2025, and close at 13:00, Wednesday 7 January 2026. Please see the ‘Join us’ pages for more information. We are a partnership betw...

📢Looking to start a funded #PhD in 2026?

The @yes-dtn.bsky.social is a partnership between the Universities of Leeds, York, and National Centre for Atmospheric Science.

Projects tackle the global #environmental #science questions of the future. #academicsky

Deadline 7 January
yes-dtn.ac.uk

🌊 Here are our water@leeds 2025 Highlights – showcasing how #interdisciplinary research can tackle global #water challenges.

🌍Thanks to our members and collaborators in the UK and worldwide.

🔗Follow the link: chalciporus.us-west.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atp...

Today is #InternationalMountainDay, and this year's theme highlights the importance of glacier preservation.

On our How To Fix… podcast, Leeds academics Duncan Quincey and Lauren Rawlins, with alum Kenton Cool, discussed how we can minimise the impact of melting glaciers.

Listen: pod.fo/e/34cbac

A Tale of Two COPs - Priestley Centre for Climate Futures by Jan Selby*  Last year, the annual circus of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) travelled to Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. The proceedings w...

COP - a failing approach in need of radical change?

🌎 Professor Jan Selby writes how COP30 in Belém promised ambition and inclusivity, yet like COP29 in Baku, it ended in disappointment.

What do you think about COP? Let us know in the comments!

climate.leeds.ac.uk/a-tale-of-tw...

More than 520 chemicals found in English soil, including long-banned medical substances Fertilising arable land with human waste leaves array of toxins that could re-enter food chain, study finds

Good to see research led by @carterlj.bsky.social and team at @universityofleeds.bsky.social School of Geography featured here.
Assessing emerging #contaminant levels in English soils as a critical step toward understanding #soil pollution at national scale. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

📢 Leeds PGRs - Win up to £500 for your research project!

Our SPRING Award is open for applications!

If you are a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds working on a #water related #research from any discipline, you are eligible.

Deadline: 18 Dec 2025

👉 Apply:
water.leeds.ac.uk/news/pgr-fun...

Read more about water@leeds key role in #EITWater here:
water.leeds.ac.uk/news/waterle...

Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster

@theguardian.com predictably quick in its good coverage. This is the start. We need community organisations not centered on climate to convene tlscreenings of rhe film , and discussion www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Glaciers are a vital water source but how much longer will we have them?🏔️

Scaling some of the most challenging heights and battling extreme conditions, our researchers have found some shocking truths about the glaciers❄️

To read more about their journey, click the link below👇
https://bit.ly/4nP14EZ

Exploring the Use of Flood Early Warning Systems by Communities in England Involving communities in flood early warning systems (FEWS) is increasingly recognised as an essential component of flood resilience. FEWS is considered to be integrated systems of flood forecasting ...

📢New Paper #flooding
Sam Ramsden, @birchcathryn.bsky.social, Ashar Aslam, Sarah Jenkins, Jake Anderson @yorkshireicasp.bsky.social
Exploring the Use of Flood Early Warning Systems by Communities in England | Ramsden 2025 | Journal of Flood Risk Management
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Geosolutions Leeds researchers, Dr Adam Booth and Prof Fleur Loveridge, recently completed the first distributed acoustic sensing survey at the Cheshire Observatory, demonstrating the potential to map thermal changes in the subsurface using sound waves.

Read full article 👉https://bit.ly/3WTPcX7

Hello freshwater friends and fellow lovers of leeches... our October edition of FBA Voice is out now! This month includes features on #Riverkin #Riverflies #FreshwaterPearlMussels #FBAHistory #CitizenScience #MedicinalLeech and more!

Check out the October FBA Voice here:
mailchi.mp/fba/welcome-...

COP30: First Week Overview and Key Takeaways - Priestley Centre for Climate Futures Leeds COP30 Delegate, Jyoti Narsude from the School of Geography, gives her thoughts on the first week of COP in Brazil... UNFCCC's COP30 began with hopes similar to those of previous COPs—finding eff...

🌍Week One at COP30: Leeds delegate Jyoti Narsude shares her reflections. There’s progress on climate finance, forests & Indigenous rights, but pledges still fall short of Paris Agreement goals. The challenge - to turn progress into real implementation. Read more ➡️ climate.leeds.ac.uk/cop30-first-...

💧A new chapter for the #EITCommunity begins!

We are excited to be part of the ALLWATERS consortium to lead #EITWater —a new community uniting business, research & education to tackle water scarcity, pollution & ecosystem degradation. #WaterInnovation

💧Meet the winning team: link.europa.eu/PX8rmP

England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades

England faces drastic measures due to extreme drought.

Our research colleague Dr Megan Klaar provides expert comment in the @theguardian.com

#drought #water #research
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

An individual conducting water quality testing beside a river, with a collage of nature images and the text 'Leeds at COP30' displayed.

Today is the first day of #COP30! 🌍 What is COP? What’s on the agenda this year? How is the university involved? Here’s everything you need to know 👇🧵

Congratulations!