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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Latest News

Professor Gail Whiteman with sons Max and Brix

Lancaster University Professor sets environmental example with Swiss train trip

A Lancaster University professor is following the example of youth climate activist Greta Thunberg when she travels to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland by train.

From left: Brigette Hanson, Hart Hanson, Rainn Wilson, Professor Gail Whiteman and Sigurður Freyr Björnsson on the Isua Glacier in Greenland

Hollywood star joins Lancaster University Professor in delivering climate change message in Davos

One of American TV’s best-known faces will join up with a Lancaster University scientist to deliver a vital climate change message to some of the world’s most powerful figures.

Composite image of the sustainable lunch at Lancaster Environment Centre

Eat the talk

A delicious low-carbon, low-waste lunch was on offer at the launch of the Lancaster Environment Centre’s Sustainability Commitments.

Vegetables next to an urban street scene

Bringing urban agriculture into the mainstream

Lancaster University scientists have showcased their urban farming research at the prestigious Oxford Farming Conference.

Marjorie Lundgren smiles at the camera with the inside of Lancaster Environment Centre in soft focus in the background

Lancaster University crop scientist wins prestigious award for nutrition research

Leverhulme Early Career Fellow Dr Marjorie Lundgren has won the Rank Prize New Lecturer Award for her work seeking to improve photosynthesis in key crops around the world.

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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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