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Professor Caroline Lear appointed to Natural Environment Research Council Science Committee

5 December 2024

Our warmest congratulations to Professor Caroline Lear, Dean of Research and Innovation for the College of Physical Science and Engineering, on her successful appointment to the Natural Environment Research Council’s (NERC) Science Committee.

An artist’s impression of mixoplankton beneath the water’s surface.

Manifesto outlines plankton’s role in tackling triple planetary crisis

24 September 2024

Cardiff University expert among 30 international expert contributors to landmark document

Aerial photograph of the River Wye surrounded by farmland.

Focus on phosphate not a “silver-bullet” for River Wye’s water quality problems, report finds

5 September 2024

Study calls for holistic approach to stop river’s decline

Two women preparing a vegetarian meal

Changing diet choices may help cut greenhouse gases

27 August 2024

Study assesses emission savings from switch to plant-forward planetary health diet

Sections of mantle rock photographed under a microscope.

Record-breaking recovery of rocks that originated in Earth’s mantle could reveal secrets of planet’s history

8 August 2024

International team begin to unravel mantle’s role in life on Earth, volcanism and global cycles

An artist’s impression of jellyfish like creatures swimming in a shallow sea.

Complex life on Earth began around 1.5 billion years earlier than previously thought, new study claims

29 July 2024

Scientists say unique episode of underwater volcanic activity produced nutrient-rich ‘lab’ for experiments in biological evolution

A photograph of marshland at sunset.

Groundwater is key to protecting global ecosystems

22 July 2024

New study maps groundwater dependent ecosystems around world for first time

Dr Lu Zhuo wins prestigious Royal Society International Exchange Grant for collaborative study.

7 May 2024

Dr Zhou’s project will examine how wind and water affects bridges and the slopes around them.

Lots of people wearing high-visibility vests examining an exploration trench in Canada

Cardiff joins £2.6 million centre to train new generation of mineral resources experts

7 March 2024

NERC-funded centre brings together expertise from industry and academia to enable UK transition to sustainable energy

An artist’s impression of an ancient Calamophyton tree forest

Earth’s earliest forest revealed in Somerset fossils

7 March 2024

390-million-year-old fossil trunks and branches found on Devon and Somerset coast