Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Bursting bubbles: new perspectives on volcanic eruptions from the communities who experience them

13:00 - 14:00 23 February 2021
Prof Jenni Barclay, UEA, Norwich, joins us for a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences seminar. Abstract below. Some 800 million people live within 100 km of an active volcanic…

Diamonds illuminate the nature of Earth’s deep and dynamic carbon cycle

13:00 - 14:00 3 March 2021
Dr Sami Mikhail, Min Soc Distinguished Lecturer, University of St Andrews, joins us for a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences seminar. Abstract below. Carbon is omnipresent…

One Reason Why Aerospace Needs Geologists: How Mineral Dust Damages Engines

13:00 - 14:00 23 March 2021
Dr Rory Clarkson, Rolls Royce, joins us for a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences seminar. Abstract below. Sand and mineral dust is increasingly becoming a problem for…

An audit for action: BAME representation the geosciences

13:00 - 14:00 20 April 2021
Benjamin Fernando, Dept Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, joins us for a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences seminar. Abstract below. The representation of students…

Hot rocks beneath our feet; 3D seismic reflection imaging of the processes and products of crustal magmatism

13:00 - 14:00 4 May 2021
Prof Christopher Jackson, University of Manchester, joins us for a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences seminar. Abstract below. Volcanoes are hot, loud and scary, thus…

The spread of livestock, dairy and millet into the eastern steppes: Biomolecular perspectives from the Altai mountains and the Mongolian steppe

13:00 11 May 2021
Prof Cheryl Makarewicz, University of Kiel, joins us for a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences seminar. Abstract below. The spread of domesticated plants and animals across…

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