Articles tagged with 'earth-science' | University of Manchester

The hard work of the Faculty's graduates has been recognised in a series of virtual celebrations. ...

Rice as a staple food source has been shown to contribute to prolonged low-level arsenic exposure leading to thousands of avoidable premature deaths per year. ...

An international team of volcanologists working on remote islands in the Galápagos Archipelago has found that volcanoes which reliably produce small basaltic lava eruptions hide chemically diverse magmas in their underground plumbing systems – includ...

In this video we answer the big questions asked by our undergraduate students regarding teaching, learning and the start of the new academic year. ...

The UK government recently announced new post-study work visas for international students. ...

Professor Sarah Heath provides an update to postgraduate (research) offer-holders in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. ...

A new mass study of people living with chronic pain in the UK has demonstrated the links between pain and certain atmospheric weather conditions. ...

Research published today by a UK-based team of scientists has shown for the first time that the mobility of potentially harmful contaminants in crystalline rocks over long periods of time may be severely limited due to the presence of tiny crystals. ...

An international research project has revealed the highest levels of microplastic ever recorded on the seafloor, with up to 1.9 million pieces in a thin layer covering just one square metre. ...

New research has shown that crops facing drought conditions can become more resilient to climate change by understanding what is happening in the soil below. ...

A personal video update from Professor Danielle George for postgraduate (taught) offer holders amid coronavirus uncertainty. ...

Professor Danielle George has recorded a personal message for undergraduate offer holders amid coronavirus uncertainty. ...

Prof Richard Bardgett will use the €2.5 million grant to better understand the functional role of complex soil microbial communities. ...

The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences is pleased to announce that Dr Patricia Clay has been appointed a Future Leaders Fellowship (FLF) cohort. ...

SEES students will battle it out for the global Minus CO2 Challenge at the EAGE Conference in London in June. ...

New research charts the history of the Greenland Ice Sheet and its impact on global sea levels throughout history to present day. ...

Zainab Bibi has been included on the 2019 Forbes ‘30 under 30’ list. ...

Two ex-Heads of the School have written a book covering the history of geology at The University of Manchester. ...

Zainab Bibi is The University of Manchester's first certified Carbon Literacy Trainer. ...

Scientists are a step closer to understanding what controls fine particulate matter in the Earth’s atmosphere after identifying new linkages between natural contaminants and with manmade pollutants. ...

An international team of palaeontologists, including researchers from The University of Manchester, have uncovered evolutionary secrets hidden in the 100-million-year-old fossil of a hagfish – a slimy, eel-like scavenger that lived in an ancient ocea...

Two University of Manchester astronomers have been awarded some of the Royal Astronomical Society’s (RAS) most prestigious prizes for their research and work in the field. ...

A nearly metre-long skull of a giant fossil marine ichthyosaur found in a farmer’s field more than 60 years ago has been studied for the first time.   ...

An international team led by researchers at The University of Manchester have discovered why some plants “live fast and die young” while others have long and healthy lives.   ...

Known as the ‘Icon of Evolution’ and ‘the missing link’ between dinosaurs and birds, Archaeopteryx has become one of the most famous fossil discoveries in Palaeontology. ...

Dinosaurs could thrive and survive in Earth’s prehistoric, oxygen-thin atmosphere due to having lungs like birds a new study has found. ...

Manchester-based Volcanologists have developed a method and camera that could help reduce the dangers, health risks and travel impacts of ash plumes during a volcanic eruption. ...

The University has played an important role in a successful marine expedition to the deep waters of the Red Sea off Sudan. ...

Colleagues from SEES asked 'what's in your water?' as part of Blastfest 2018 at Manchester Caribbean Carnival. ...

Staff from SEES recently visited Myanmar to deliver workshops on freshwater ecology; it proved an important cultural exchange. ...