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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

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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.

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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

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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

Dr Diana Contreras Mojica shares post-disaster recovery insights during Chile visit

26 February 2024

Dr Diana Contreras Mojica shares data analysis relating to the tenth anniversary of the 2010 Maule earthquake.

Dr Diana Contreras Mojica selected for prestigious GW4 Crucible 2024

26 February 2024

The GW4 Crucible 2024 is focused on tackling health disparities through radical interdisciplinary approaches.

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66 million-year history of carbon dioxide shows climate is highly sensitive to greenhouse gases

7 February 2024

Cardiff experts help map changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide in deep time

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Pivotal moment for humanity as tipping point threats and opportunities accelerate, report warns

7 February 2024

Cardiff experts contribute to most comprehensive study of tipping points ever conducted

A satellite image of a sandstorm on Earth taken from space

Climate and health impacts of dust inaccurately represented, study finds

17 January 2024

Cardiff-led team develop alternative model revealing truly global and seasonal dust emission cycle

Satellite image of Mbale region in Uganda during the flood of 2022.

Extreme fluctuations between drought and flooding are devastating communities at greatest risk of climate change impacts, new research reveals

14 November 2023

Researchers examined frequency and magnitude of flooding and drought hazards in six countries over four decades

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Cardiff University researchers lead new project improving household hazard preparedness for citizens in low income countries

8 September 2023

Dr Joel C Gill, lecturer in sustainable geoscience and principal investigator of the ‘Improving Household Preparedness in Multi-Hazard Contexts’ project, has been funded by the global safety charity, Lloyd’s Register Foundation.

Shifting Sands: New research by Cardiff University environmental scientists and international collaborators changes how we understand dust in Earth’s systems

1 September 2023

Professor Adrian Chappell unveils new insights into how dust emission seasonally shifts internationally and affects global energy balance and climate.

dust cloud over city

Shifting sands

16 August 2023

Cardiff University environmental scientists and international collaborators are changing how we understand dust in Earth’s systems

Photographs of two young men. Lucas Zazzi Carbone on the left and Piers O’Connor on the right.

Podcasting for the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate

20 July 2023

Graduates reflect on “fun” and “challenging” exchange programme