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

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2024
18
March
2024
| 09:57 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has hosted Afzal Khan MP on a visit to the Firs Environmental Research Station which recently completed a £2 million redevelopment.  
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13
February
2024
| 10:14 Europe/London
Today, researchers from The University of Manchester have been named as recipients of nearly £7m funding from UKRI’s Engineering Biology Hubs and Mission Award Projects which will deliver on the government’s National Vision for Engineering
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01
February
2024
| 15:51 Europe/London
Researchers have started a six-week study to measure airborne pollutant emissions from domestic wood burning stoves, using a dedicated laboratory-based test facility at The University of Manchester.
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10
January
2024
| 16:35 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has launched a study in partnership with Greater Manchester’s 10 local authorities to better understand the use of log burners and solid fuel fires and their impact on air pollution in the region.
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2023
17
October
2023
| 11:44 Europe/London
A small tornado recently passed through the town of Littlehampton on England’s south coast. Strong winds smashed windows, moved cars and left one person injured.
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13
October
2023
| 09:30 Europe/London
A team of scientists have completed tests to quantify the emissions from the combustion of sustainable aviation fuels, revealing a profound reduction when compared to regular jet fuel.
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24
September
2023
| 11:00 Europe/London
The University of Manchester is to receive a sample from asteroid Bennu, which will help unveil secrets of our Solar System.
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19
July
2023
| 09:00 Europe/London
A University of Manchester academic has won the inaugural Royal Meteorological Society Education Award in recognition of his long record of teaching excellence.
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14
July
2023
| 14:11 Europe/London
A team of Manchester MSc students, from the Geoscience for Sustainable Energy, Petroleum Geoscience and Subsurface Energy Engineering MSc programmes, have won the prestigious European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) Laurie Dake
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16
June
2023
| 12:24 Europe/London
Scientists at The University of Manchester will help the Met Office improve its forecasts of extreme weather through a new large-scale collaborative research project.
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15
June
2023
| 14:44 Europe/London
Areas of the ocean that are rich in marine life are having a bigger impact on our ecosystems and the climate than previously thought, new research suggests.
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26
April
2023
| 15:10 Europe/London
Two researchers from The University of Manchester have won a 2023 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science UK & Ireland Rising Talents Award.
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13
January
2023
| 16:27 Europe/London
Dr Rhian Jones has been recognised for her outstanding contributions to the study of chondrules and chondritic meteorites.
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2022
28
November
2022
| 06:00 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has launched an online MSc in Pollution and Environmental Control[ML1] , designed to mobilise a new generation of environmental scientists.link to:
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11
May
2022
| 14:18 Europe/London
Last week (6 May) saw a student-led walkathon take place with the aim of raising awareness of the global degradation of one of the Earth’s most essential life-giving attributes – soil.
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11
February
2022
| 14:57 Europe/London
The Graham McKenna-Mayes Memorial Fund seeks to support access for underrepresented groups in Higher Education.
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27
January
2022
| 10:57 Europe/London
Dr Carolyn Pearce and Dr Simon Norris will work with the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and the Dalton Nuclear Institute.
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20
January
2022
| 11:12 Europe/London
MERI has distributed funds through the NERC Discipline Hopping call to allow ECRs to develop collaborations across the University.
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2021
09
December
2021
| 13:12 Europe/London
The MEaSURE project brings together the Universities of Manchester, Glasgow and Salford.
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30
November
2021
| 10:52 Europe/London
The collaborative project involves Manchester researchers Professor Kevin Taylor and Dr Lin Ma.
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16
September
2021
| 14:21 Europe/London
The course aims to train the next generation of energy-focused geoscientists.
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09
September
2021
| 11:27 Europe/London
Drs Laura Wolz and Margherita Polacci will receive help to commercialise their innovations.
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16
June
2021
| 14:44 Europe/London
Professor John Latham was a past Head of the Physics Department at UMIST and the founder of the Cloud Physics Group.
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14
June
2021
| 13:45 Europe/London
MERI hosted an interactive event on 7 June to mark the launch of the worldwide initiative.
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19
March
2021
| 10:46 Europe/London
A team of aerospace specialists has launched the world’s first in-flight emissions study using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on a wide-body commercial passenger aircraft.
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2020
17
December
2020
| 13:46 Europe/London
The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences is delighted to welcome Chris Jackson as Chair in Sustainable Geoscience.
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14
December
2020
| 11:19 Europe/London
The celebrations will recognise the hard work of FSE's Postgraduate Class of 2020.
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25
November
2020
| 10:15 Europe/London
Dr Cecilia Medupin's address was titled 'Changing times, biodiversity, freshwater quality and protection'.
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27
October
2020
| 19:00 Europe/London
Fracking operations at a site in Blackpool, UK, have caused an unintended release of methane gas into the atmosphere to the equivalent environmental cost of 142 trans-Atlantic flights according to new research.
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06
August
2020
| 09:36 Europe/London
The hard work of the Faculty's graduates has been recognised in a series of virtual celebrations.
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