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Rural communities and Covid-19

Death rates from Covid-19 could be between 50% and 80% higher in rural communities and remote small towns, according to University experts.

Date
23 April 2020
Category
Covid-19
Glaciers covering the Adela and Cerro Torre massifs are reflected in the Laguna Torre, a glacial lake in Los Glacieres National Park. The South Chile water tower is the most at-risk water tower in South America due to high reliance on its water resources and increasing threats to its water supply, according to new research supported by National Geographic and Rolex’s Perpetual Planet partnership. Learn more at natgeo.com/PerpetualPlanet. Photo by Beth Wald, National Geographic.

Planet's water threatened

Growing demand and climate change are threatening naturally occurring water systems and putting the water supply of billions at risk.

Date
9 December 2019
Category
Research
Professor Hill Kulu

Fertility fluctuations

A University research team has been awarded a £708,000 ESRC grant to investigate the causes of recent fertility fluctuations in the UK.

Date
20 August 2019
Category
Research

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