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1. Draining peatlands for agriculture adds 'huge pulse' to global warming

   New research has calculated the damage done by farmers converting tropical peat swamps to oil palm plantations.

2. Successful trial of 'automated' rail passenger information

   TRIALS of a new intelligent rail passenger information system are proving a success thanks to a partnership between Merseyrail and data scientists at LJMU.

3. Songs, stories and games earn history lecturer national recognition

   Singsongs, card games and radio shows would not normally be part of a History degree unless you are lucky enough to be taught by lecturer Lucinda Matthews-Jones, that is.

4. Were sauropods swimmers or walkers?

   An international team of scientists, led by the China University of Geosciences in Beijing and including palaeontologists from the Liverpool John Moores University, has shed new light on some unusual dinosaur tracks from northern China. The tracks appear to have been made by four-legged sauropod dinosaurs yet only two of their feet have left prints behind.

5. Honorary Fellow Professor Roger Webster

   Liverpool John Moores University awards Honorary Fellowship to Professor Roger Webster at Liverpool Cathedral on Thursday 13 July 2017.

6. Honorary Fellowship: Councillor Gary Millar

   Liverpool John Moores University awards Honorary Fellowship to Gary Millar at Liverpool Cathedral on Thursday 14 July 2016.

7. Do you have a UPF diet?

   Study at LJMU and University of Liverpool assesses public awareness of ultra-processed foods and their risks

8. National Teaching Fellowship awarded to Dr Craig Hammond

   LJMUs Dr Craig Hammond, a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, has been recognised for his outstanding impact on student outcomes and the teaching profession in higher education, with a National Teaching Fellowship.

9. Celebrating a decade of sport science internships with Everton Football Club

   As many as 60 graduates from the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences have secured roles at professional football clubs in England and overseas over the past decade thanks to an internship scheme with Everton Football Club.

10. Cave bears may have been adapting to survive the ice age

    Recent research published in Quaternary Science Reviews on the long extinct cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) has found their attempt to adapt to the growing harshness of the last ice age before their extinction.