After the supermoon, comes the supertide This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Ivan Haigh, University of Southampton and Kevin Horsburgh, National Oceanography Centre The city of Plymouth, on England’s south coast, normally has fairly moderate tides. However this week it will have a 6m “supertide” – the highest tide… Read More After the supermoon, comes the supertide
This week two PhD students (Amelia Astley and Clementine Chirol) from the Geology and Geophysics group were in attendance and presented posters at the British Society for Geomorphology’s annual meeting. This year the meeting was hosted by the University ov Southampton Geography Department at Highfield Campus and drew attendees in from far and wide; including… Read More British Society for Geomorphology (BSG) Annual Meeting
Understanding sediment transport has come a long way since the pioneering works of Shields and Bagnold, nearly a century ago. Yet, the complex mechanisms that drive, at larger scales, the morphological evolution of coastal and estuarine environments remain poorly understood at the ‘noisy’ end of the spectrum. Fundamentally, this is a problem of fluid sediment interaction,… Read More Tomographic investigation of turbulence and sediment dynamics
We are delighted to announce that Dr Kieran Westley has joined Coastal and Offshore Archaeological Research Services (COARS). Kieran is a widely published specialist in maritime and coastal archaeology with over 10 years of experience as well as being an alumni of the University of Southampton. Kieran’s research experience is focused in two principal areas: The investigation… Read More Expansion at COARS
Tim Minshull, with co-authors Rose Edwards from the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton and Ernst Flueh from Geomar Helmoltz Centre for Ocean Research in Germany, has used seismic data collected on the ocean floor to study the nature and origin of the Murray Ridge, an enigmatic block of crust in the northwest Indian Ocean that… Read More Investigating an enigmatic crustal block in the northwest Indian Ocean
COARS are delighted to announce that they have been selected by Historic England to undertake a Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (RCZAS) of the North Devon and Cornwall Coastline. This survey will focus on the north coastline of Devon and Cornwall, stretching from Combe Martin, Devon (the western boundary of the Exmoor National Park) to Land’s… Read More North Devon and Cornwall Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (RCZAS)
We have three new fixed term positions available that are associated with the G&G group: A Science Project Manager/Teaching Fellow position – full time for 3 years in Geology/Geochemistry https://jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=567715HN with a closing date for applications of the 8th June. A Teaching Fellow position in Coastal Morphodynamics/GIS – Part (50%) time for 2 years https://jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=567615HN with… Read More Three New Fixed Term Positions Available
Dr Caroline Eakin, Research fellow in Geophysics, reports on the recent Nepal  Earthquake: On Tuesday the G&G group gathered to discuss the recent M7.8 earthquake in Nepal. That same morning, a few hours before the seminar, another devastating magnitude 7.3 earthquake shook the same region. Since the main M7.8 event on 25th April there have… Read More The Nepal (Gorkha) Earthquake 2015
This article was published in The Conversation by Ivan Haigh (Physical Oceanography) and Shari Gallop (Geology and Geophysics) from Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton. Coastal floods are a major global hazard. In 2008, Cyclone Nargis generated a five-metre storm surge along the coast of southern Myanmar. This swept seawater 50km inland, killing a… Read More SurgeWatch: New database on coastal flooding in the UK
Former Southampton PhD student Hector MarĂn-Moreno with Southampton co-authors Tim Minshull, Graham Westbrook and Bablu Sinha have been studying how methane emissions from the seabed west of the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard might change in the future. Methane can be trapped beneath the seabed in the form of an ice-like substance called hydrate, which is… Read More Predicting Future Methane Emissions off Svalbard