Departmental Newsletters
Spotlights: Which Taylor Swift’s song recorded the strongest tremors? First ‘warm-blooded’ dinosaurs may have emerged 180 million years ago; Women in Earth Science (WiES) fieldtrip; New Staff Introduction; Fieldwork at Mt Etna; Raising Awareness of Climate Change; How to chase waterfalls; Interview with a researcher; Honouring eminent 911 alumnae; Friends for life!, the Linnean Medal 2024
Autumn 2022
Spotlights: Thanks for all the geology!; Can our data could help spot alien life; Meet the Crystallography & Mineral Physics group; Monitoring the “Seismic swarm”; Report from GSA 2022; Day of Persons with Disabilities; Is London ready for low reservoir levels?; Someone like me; Doing a Reddit; Women in Earth Sciences highlights; Postgraduate (MSc) Innovation & Enterprise Competition 2022
Spring 2022
Spotlights: MSci Poster Session “goes live” again; Meet Dr Katie McFall; Back to fieldwork! Antarctic Fieldwork with a Surface-Based Radar; Searching for metals in the Atlantic; The first sign of ancient life?; 'Ghost' fossils & past global warming; Biodiversity, climate & human impact; Careers Event with our alumni; Should we stop climate change early?; Ethnic Diversity Network;
Autumn 2021
Spotlights: Flipped classroom ideas; Meet Dr Phil Mannion, Lecturer in Palaeobiology; Reporting from COP26, Glasgow; Responding to a volcanic emergency on La Palma; Arctic rain more common than snowfall; Discover Earth Sciences live lecture series; The Climate Action Unit; Mineralogical Society Award: Congratulations to Prof Lidunka Vočadlo; A year in review reports from Women in Earth Science and the Greenough Student Society;
Spring 2021
Spotlights: Students explore ancient rocks in virtual reality; Profile: Britney Assam, 2nd year Geology student; Meet Dr Martin Homann, Lecturer in Sedimentology; Life flourish in ocean’s twilight zone; Managing water resources sustainably in the future; Bringing research to schools; The Women in Earth Sciences group; Career event with past alumnae; Kīlauea’s massive 2018 eruption; Geological Society awards 2021
Autumn 2020
Spotlights: Antarctic bays named after our scientist; Living through an earthquake; Meet an isotope geochemist; Plankton turn hunters to survive dinosaur-killing asteroid impact; Volcanic CO2 emissions measured using drones technology; New geological time scale; Sustainability & the Water cycle; Virtual workshops for schools; Awards in the field of polar science & global warming; Celebrating achievements of our 911; Map Bicentenary Meeting;
Spring 2020
Spotlights: Earth Sciences enters the world of online fieldtrips and virtual reality; The Department continues to function as a virtual online entity; Meet Dr Peter Irvine, Lecturer in Climate Change; Fieldwork in Central America Volcanic Arc; Geoengineering could reduce climate change risks; Exploring active volcanism in the South Sandwich Islands; GeoBus is off the road in response to COVID-19; The snow science, The best MSc dissertation award;
Autumn 2019
Spotlights: Geoscience enters the world of virtual reality; Fieldwork in Central America Volcanic Arc; Meet Dr Peter Irvine, Lecturer in Climate Change; Geoengineering could reduce climate change risks; Exploring active volcanism in the South Sandwich Islands; When volcanoes collapse; GeoBus is off the road in response to COVID-19; The snow science, Awards: Best MSc dissertation;
Spring 2019
Spotlights: Hazard Centre activities; Torridonian rocks in Scotland; Earth's inner core observation; Field Geophysics course, Geophysics seminars; meet Dr Stephen Edwards, Professional Awards; Hydrogeological research delivers public benefit in SE Asia; PhD Graduates.
Autumn 2018
Spotlights: New staff appointments; Studying extreme events on MSc Geophysical Hazards; Hazard Centre News - mining disasters déjà vu; Using seismology & geodynamics to study the Earth's mantle; Meet Dr Matthew Fox, Polar Research: Arctic sea ice; Clues to Antarctica’s future; How Much it Snows in the Arctic? PhD Awards; 911 News