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EARTH students win awards for academic excellence

15 February 2016

Prize-winning EARTH students

Boat

Deep sea drilling project to explore history of climate change

29 January 2016

Professor Ian Hall leads expedition to study impact of one of the world’s strongest ocean currents on global climate change

Landslide

New collaboration to study after effects of major earthquakes

14 December 2015

A new NERC-funded collaboration will further our understanding of how communities recover from landslides associated with large earthquakes.

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Scientists probe ‘mystery of the Moho’

2 December 2015

Prof Chris MacLeod leads team on a cruise to the Indian Ocean to drill into the Earth’s interior

Cartoon Tree Trunks

Tropical fossil forests unearthed in Arctic Norway

19 November 2015

New discovery could be the cause of a massive reduction in atmospheric CO2 levels hundreds of millions of years ago

Gold bars in a row

Mining gold from sewage

18 November 2015

University study uncovers a goldmine in Britain’s sewer systems

EGU Outstanding Young Scientist Award

12 November 2015

Åke Fagereng given Outstanding Young Scientist Award by EGU

Ice sheet-ocean interaction

4 November 2015

Reconstruction of past ice-sheet-ocean interactions

Avalanche

Past earthquakes play a role in future landslides

3 November 2015

University-led research could help predict areas susceptible to devastating landslides

Paleoclimatology summer school

28 October 2015

Highlights from the Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology

Best undergraduate dissertation

28 October 2015

Holly Welsby, marine geography graduate, wins 2015 best dissertation prize

Oil spill mitigation

21 October 2015

Modelling of oil spills emphasizes the need for quick response in the Eastern Mediterranean

2016 PhD projects announced

5 October 2015

2016 NERC GW4+ Doctoral Training Programme details available

Explore the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

24 September 2015

Who we are and what we do - a short video

A month in Svalbard

14 September 2015

Investigating sediment transport and algal activity in polar glaciers

Beach coastline

Fresh thinking needed for managing our coasts

4 September 2015

Adapting to climate change requires new coastal management approach, researchers suggest.

Marine Geography students in Greece

100% student satisfaction 3 years in a row

12 August 2015

NSS results show an increase in student satisfaction across EARTH degree schemes

Karen Holford with formula 1 car

Soapbox challenge for female scientists to get their message across

4 June 2015

Five Cardiff University scientists are stepping on a soapbox in Swansea to enthuse the passing public about their research.

Science and Sherlock

1 June 2015

Science and Sherlock

Ultramafics project summary

27 May 2015

PhD studentship on Archaean ultramafic rocks