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Villagers pumping water from a borehole in southern Malawi

Professor contributes to new mining curriculum for Malawi

23 September 2016

Professor Blenkinsop has assisted in the development of a new mining curriculum for the Mining Governance and Growth Support Project of Malawi.

Students exploring the surface structure of Mars

School participates in STEM event for local schoolchildren

20 September 2016

The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences participated in a STEM event, where students explored the practicalities of humans living on Mars.

Professor appointed editor of Paleoceanography

15 September 2016

Professor Stephen Barker has been appointed as the editor of Paleoceanography.

Tracing Panama’s geological footprints

6 September 2016

Researchers reveal latest efforts to uncover the history of the Panama Isthmus at this year’s British Science Festival

Student satisfaction increases in National Student Survey 2016

10 August 2016

Students’ satisfaction with their course in the School of Earth and Ocean Science has increased.

An illustration of what the Svalbard fossil forest may have looked like

Grant awarded to reconstruct ancient forests

18 July 2016

Dr Christopher Berry, a senior lecturer from the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, has been awarded a National Geographic Society grant to reconstruct ancient fossil forests.

Group photo of graduating students outside Main Building

Celebrating our graduates

15 July 2016

Graduates and staff donned their caps and gowns for the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences graduation ceremony 2016.

Dr Liz Bagshaw and Dr Nanna Karlsson (AWI) with sensor

Understanding ice dynamics of Greenland

13 July 2016

Dr Liz Bagshaw recently completed a fieldtrip to the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream where she is involved in a project to understand ice which is moving at up to 20cm per day.