Skip to main content

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences news

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

hazards

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

White microscopic fossil shell on black background.

Super salty water from the Indian Ocean helped end ice ages, study suggests

11 July 2023

Research highlights inter-connected behaviour of global climate system

Hay Festival

University experts inform and inspire at Hay Festival 2023

26 May 2023

The Cardiff Series returns to Hay-on-Wye

Dark underwater scene beneath blue sun beam

Twilight zone at risk from climate change

27 April 2023

Study warns of climate change risk to twilight zone life

Drone image of a degraded forest in Malaysian Borneo

Recovering tropical forests offset just one quarter of carbon emissions from new tropical deforestation and forest degradation, study finds

22 March 2023

Scientists use satellite data in first pan-tropical estimates of carbon stock recovery across Amazon, Central Africa and Borneo

Move Software

PE Limited donates £1.9m worth of software licenses

30 January 2023

New software licenses for our 3D Seismic Lab

Cardiff academic joins UK Young Academy

16 January 2023

Dr Aiditee Mitra is one of the first members of the new UK Young Academy

Ancient landslides could help understand tsunami hazards

5 December 2022

Study reconstructs ancient oceans and hazards to understand devastating landslide-generated tsunamis

New eDNA project expands drinking water research

20 November 2022

New research project with United Utilities develops ongoing eDNA research

Weather affects our purchase decisions, study shows

1 November 2022

Short-term changes in the weather could help overcome the energy efficiency gap

Rising groundwater offers hope for drought-stricken East Africa

26 October 2022

New research indicates better groundwater supply management could hold the key to helping combat the impact of climate change in East Africa

Tackling gender inequality

14 October 2022

We have received an Athena SWAN Bronze Award in recognition of institutional efforts to improve gender equality

Researcher assists Return Mission to Nepal

25 September 2022

Dr Diana Contreras contributes to the Return Mission to Nepal 2022

Meet the new Head of the School

20 September 2022

Dr Jenny Pike has been appointed the new Head of the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

The challenges of global water security

31 August 2022

Get a taste of studying Water in a Changing World (MSc) in our free online course