Two Marine Geoscience Post-Doctoral Positions Available: A joint collaboration between OES and NOCS Marine Geosciences Group

We are advertising two (2 year) Post-Doctoral positions in Marine Geosciences to further strengthen the strong research links between OES staff (Geology & Geophysics, Geochemistry and Palaeoceanography and Palaeoclimate Research Groups) and the NOCS Marine Geosciences Group. We are looking for excellent candidates either in established areas of collaborative research or for new links between the… Read More Two Marine Geoscience Post-Doctoral Positions Available: A joint collaboration between OES and NOCS Marine Geosciences Group

May 1, 2014May 30, 2014 Justin Dix

The 4 year anniversary of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption: My eyewitness account

A few years ago I was lucky enough to witness the infamous summit eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in 2010. Despite all the hassle it caused, especially the financial losses incurred by the aviation industry, the eruption created more awareness of the importance of volcano research in the UK. Subsequent studies of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption have advanced… Read More The 4 year anniversary of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption: My eyewitness account

April 14, 2014April 14, 2014 Michael Cassidy

Searching for the limits of the continents

In the past it was thought that the boundary between continental and oceanic crust at the edge of the ocean basins was close to the edge of the flat “abyssal plains”, but over the past 20 years it has been revealed that true oceanic crust is often not present until much further out into the… Read More Searching for the limits of the continents

April 11, 2014 Shari Gallop

Management of the coastal development of Venice lagoon

Scientists and engineers have fought to save the beautiful World Heritage site of Venice from flooding since the 10th century. Now, with 22 million tourists visiting the city every year and the threat of sea levels rising with climate change, the problem of habitat destruction in the lagoon is more acute than ever. University of… Read More Management of the coastal development of Venice lagoon

April 8, 2014April 8, 2014 Shari Gallop

Shari Gallop awarded a Laurie Prandolini Fellowship Award

It has just been announced that Shari Gallop has been awarded a Laurie Prandolini Fellowship Award by the ANZSPAC Division of the Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology (www.imarest.org). Only one Fellowship is awarded every year to a selected candidate judged to be of outstanding potential to enable a significant piece of work to be… Read More Shari Gallop awarded a Laurie Prandolini Fellowship Award

April 4, 2014 Justin Dix

Applications open for MSc Engineering in the Coastal Environment

Applications are open for the Engineering in the Coastal Environment MSc 2014/2015 programme at the University of Southampton. The coastal zone is now widely recognised as important at national, European and global levels. Skilled engineers who can understand environmental issues in such sensitive areas are in high demand. The accredited MSc Engineering in the Coastal… Read More Applications open for MSc Engineering in the Coastal Environment

April 2, 2014 Shari Gallop

Science and the arts: Can opposites attract?

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, the England football team and trophies, UKIP and meteorology, are just some examples of things that don’t seem to work together, but I believe science and the arts do not belong in this category. Instead, the principles and practices used in these two dis ciplines, when mixed well, can benefit… Read More Science and the arts: Can opposites attract?

March 28, 2014 Michael Cassidy

What goes in must come out?

What is the fate of the volatiles that are stored in trench sediments, igneous crust and hydrated lithospheric mantle and that are transported into a subduction zone? G&G Marie Curie Research Fellow Jacob Geersen has been involved in recently published research, that constrains and compare the input and output fluxes of water, chlorine and sulfur into the Central Chilean… Read More What goes in must come out?

March 27, 2014 Shari Gallop

Climatic influence upon early to mid-Holocene fire regimes

Dr Michael Grant, alongside colleagues from Geography and Environment, have published a new research article in the Journal of Quaternary Science entitled “Climatic influence upon early to mid-Holocene fire regimes within temperate woodlands: a multi-proxy reconstruction from the New Forest, southern England”. The article features combined pollen, charcoal and palaeoclimatic records from the site of Cranes… Read More Climatic influence upon early to mid-Holocene fire regimes

March 25, 2014 Michael Grant

Off-rift volcanism in rift zones determined by crustal unloading, new paper in nature Geoscience

Volcanoes commonly form on the flanks of young continental rifts, whereas in more evolved rifts the volcanism is more commonly in the rift centre. Derek Keir, Lecturer in Earth Science from the Geology and Geophysics research Group, contributed to a team that modelled the stress field below rift grabens of varying width and depth caused… Read More Off-rift volcanism in rift zones determined by crustal unloading, new paper in nature Geoscience

March 24, 2014March 31, 2014 Hachem Kassem

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