Sediment Dynamics from the beach to Mars – Science and Engineering Day 2016

As part of Southampton Science and Engineering Festival, a team from Geology&Geophysics research group put on a large, and largely popular display on Sediment Dynamics at the new Bolderwood Innovation Campus. The University’s Science and Engineering Day 2016 took place on Saturday 12th March. This free event was part of British Science Week www.britishscienceweek.org and was previously awarded Best… Read More Sediment Dynamics from the beach to Mars – Science and Engineering Day 2016

April 25, 2016April 27, 2016 Hachem Kassem

Papua New Guinea Seismic Deployment – 2014 (Part 3)

By Nick Harmon and Saikiran Tharimena: This is the final part of our blog chronicling our seismic deployment in Papua New Guinea which is part of a collaborative project with colleagues at JAMSTEC, University of Tokyo, University of Southampton, University of Rhode Island and Stanford University. Click here to read the first part of our… Read More Papua New Guinea Seismic Deployment – 2014 (Part 3)

February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 Saikiran Tharimena

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

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

Bestival Science Tent

As part of joint initiative with groups from the universities of Southampton, Keele, Portsmouth and Bournemouth, the National Oceanography Centre sent a group of four students (Emma Caven, Yasmin Labibi, Suzie Tooke, and Amelia Astley) to set up a pitch at this year’s science tent at Bestival, held on the Isle of Wight. The stand… Read More Bestival Science Tent

October 7, 2013October 18, 2013 Amelia Astley

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Sediment Dynamics from the beach to Mars – Science and Engineering Day 2016

Papua New Guinea Seismic Deployment – 2014 (Part 3)

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

Science and the arts: Can opposites attract?

Bestival Science Tent