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.

Taught Masters Degrees

Masters by Research

PhD

Professional Training

Latest News

The overlooked importance of urban soils

When we think about soils we often imagine wide expanses of rural farmland – but the growing importance of soils in our towns and cities needs to be better understood, a new paper highlights.

Floating solar farms could help reduce impacts of climate change on lakes and reservoirs

Floating solar farms could help to protect lakes and reservoirs from some of the harms of climate change, a new study suggests.

Nigel Watson standing on the shore of Morecambe Bay in the sunshine

Improving water quality after Brexit

The UK should re-think the way it assesses and manages river water quality following our exit from the EU, a Lancaster University professor tells an influential committee of MPs.

Improved agricultural technologies could help meet food security and climate change emergencies

Scientists have proposed a range of technological options for sustainable, productive and resilient agriculture, providing multiple ways to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and helping to directly mitigate climate change.

Logos for the 2021 QS University World Rankings by subject for Environmental Sciences (left) and Geography (right) in front of an autumnal mountainous landscape

In the world top 100

Lancaster University has been named as one of the top places in the world to study Geography and Environmental Sciences, according to the world’s most-consulted university ranking.

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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

Research Groups

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

Upcoming Events

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LEC Seminars 2020-2021 - live online!

Wednesday 10 February 2021, 1:00pm to Wednesday 16 June 2021, 1:45pm

19th Apr

Spring into CGE: Connecting on Circular Solutions

Monday 19 April 2021, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

21st Apr

LEC Seminar Online: Dr Katie Woolaston 'A Critical Analysis of the Links between Biodiversity and Pandemic Prevention in International Environmental Law'

Wednesday 21 April 2021, 9:15am to 10:00am