Lancaster Environment Centre

We are a community of high-achieving students, world-class environmental researchers, government scientists and enterprises working together to address today’s biggest environmental challenges.

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Undergraduate Degrees

Biology

Ecology and Conservation

Environmental and Earth Sciences

Geography

Zoology

Postgraduate Study

Study with the Graduate School for the Environment, which harnesses the power of three of the world’s foremost research organisations to give students the best possible chance of enjoying productive, impactful and influential careers.

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Masters by Research

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Latest News

Amazon forest disturbance is changing how plants are dispersed

New research finds tropical forest disturbance goes beyond species loss and includes a shift towards smaller seeds and an increase in the proportion of trees dispersed by animals, impacting how the ecosystem functions.

Pictures of dung beetles and a forest fire in the Amazon

New research shows that El Niño contributes to insect collapse in the Amazon

Hotter and drier El Niño events are having an alarming effect on biodiversity in the Amazon Rainforest and further add to a disturbing global insect collapse, scientists show.

Images of burning forest and damaged corals

Earth's most biodiverse ecosystems face a perfect storm

A combination of climate change, extreme weather and pressure from local human activity is causing a collapse in global biodiversity and ecosystems across the tropics, new research shows.

Greta Thunberg with members of the Arctic Basecamp Youth Camp and other climate activists in Davos

Youth climate activists march with Greta Thunberg in Davos

Youth climate activists from around the world joined Greta Thunberg and a Lancaster University Professor in Davos to deliver their message to world leaders at the World Economic Forum.

Lancaster technician’s blow-by-blow tale of a midlife love affair with boxing

A Lancaster University laboratory technician has published her first book after taking up boxing on a whim aged fifty.

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Research

Our research groups include a wide range of researchers from the natural and social scientists. They work in multi-disciplinary teams within, across and beyond these groups to help find solutions to the big global environmental challenges.

Atmosphere, Climate & Pollution

Critical Geographies

Earth Science

Ecology & Conservation

Environmental & Biogeochemistry

Geospatial Data Science

Plant & Crop Science

Political Ecology

Soil, Plant & Land Systems

Water Science

Research Challenges

Our research challenges provide a focus for our fundamental and applied research, ensuring our work helps provide the underlying knowledge needed to find effective solutions.

Agri-Food

Eco-Innovation

Sustainable Catchments

Tropical Futures

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