News tagged with: geoscience
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![Explosive activity at La Soufriere, an active volcano on St Vincent, in 2021]()
£3.7m study aims to improve understanding and detection of dangerous volcanic eruptions
ҹèÊÓƵ news: Researchers from our School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences are part of a major new project that aims to shed light on dangerous shifts in volcanic activity
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![Dr Paul Cole, Associate Professor of Volcanology and a lecturer on the ҹèÊÓƵ’s Earth Sciences programmes, who has won the 2026 VMSG Award from the Geological Society of London]()
Lecturer receives award acknowledging outstanding contribution to volcanology
ҹèÊÓƵ news: Dr Paul Cole, Associate Professor of Volcanology and a lecturer on our Earth Sciences programmes, has received a prestigious award from the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group (VMSG) of the Geological Society of London
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![In an effort to study the impacts of coastal flooding and sea level rise, ҹèÊÓƵ researchers made field observations in January and July 2022 on the island of Fiyoaree, at the south west tip of the Huvadhoo Atoll in the Maldives]()
Study provides new forecasts of remote islands’ vulnerability to sea level rise
ҹèÊÓƵ news: Our scientists have warned that predicted rises in sea levels, coupled with an increase in extreme weather and wave conditions, could result in presently rare flooding events happening every two to three years by around 2050
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![Scientists - including Dr Jenny Gales - observed shimmering hot water emerging from a chimney at 710 meters during dive 804 on the north-east side of Quest Caldera; they located the hydrothermal vent by focusing on previously recorded heat anomalies and pockmarks in the mapping data]()
New hydrothermal vents and coral gardens found in the icy depths of the remote South Sandwich Islands
ҹèÊÓƵ news: Dr Jenny Gales was part of an international team of scientists who discovered new hydrothermal vents, coral gardens and many suspected new species on an expedition to one of the most remote island chains in the world
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![Greg Price, Rhodri Jerrett and Lauren O’Connor conducting fieldwork at West Bijou]()
Giant volcanic eruptions affected Earth’s climate but were not responsible for dinosaur extinction, study suggests
ҹèÊÓƵ news: New research involving scientists at the University aims to enhance our understanding of a turbulent period of Earth’s history
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Scientists embark on first study of Antarctica’s underwater avalanches
ҹèÊÓƵ news: The Antarctic Canyon Experiment (ACE) is a five-year £2.4m project being led by the University and an international consortium of partners.
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![Emily Vernon. PhD title: Assessing the impact of ionising radiation on aquatic organisms]()
University benefits from major investment in next generation of scientists
ҹèÊÓƵ news: The University has secured funding from UK Research and Innovation to either lead, or be part of, three Doctoral Landscape Awards that will train and support more research students across science, engineering and health
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University takes the helm of global scientific drilling research programme
ҹèÊÓƵ news:The ҹèÊÓƵ will lead the central scientific body at the heart of a global research initiative that aims to unlock some of the secrets hidden beneath the world’s seafloor.
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![The confluence of the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi Rivers, which represents the source of the Ganges. Differences in the colour of the water are the result of variations in sediment load, which can be caused by landscape disturbances originating higher in the catchment.]()
£1m project aims to forecast long-term effects of debris transported by natural disasters
ҹèÊÓƵ news: Led by the University, the SUPERSLUG initiative will assess how sediment moved by landslides, avalanches and other extreme events can impact river systems and the landscapes and communities near them
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![Mantle rocks collected from deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean during the IODP expedition 399 in the Spring of 2023]()
Rocks that originated in Earth’s mantle could reveal secrets of planet’s history
ҹèÊÓƵ news: Dr Andy Parsons is part of an international team that is using rocks from the deep ocean to unravel mantle’s role in life on Earth, volcanism and global chemical cycles.
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![ҹèÊÓƵ Breakwater during Storm Eunice]()
Study explores what attracts people to watch live-streams of disasters and extreme weather
ҹèÊÓƵ news: New research analysed comments posted by those watching live-streams of extreme weather and found they are important spaces of hazard learning and community gathering.
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![Joshua Jones landslide research - Nov 2021 (1280x720)]()
Project aims to enhance the potential to forecast landslides
ҹèÊÓƵ news: The EXCESS project aims to begin addressing the issue of variations in landsliding through time, and will go some way to providing the type of information that could ultimately save thousands of lives
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