Press office news tagged geoscience
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Film highlights how an understanding of seabed geology is critical to the Celtic Sea clean energy revolution
University of Plymouth news: A new short film highlights that advances in renewable technologies are not the only scientific challenge that needs to be addressed if the Celtic Sea clean energy revolution is to become a reality
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Fossilised beaches help scientists understand impacts of past global warming
University of Plymouth news: A study developed at the University found the melting of the Antarctic ice sheet would have caused a rise in global sea levels of up to 5.7 metres.
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Winchcombe meteorite holds information about the origin of Earth’s oceans
A study involving researchers in the University of Plymouth's Plymouth Electron Microscopy Centre finds that the Winchcombe meteorite holds information about the origin of Earth’s oceans
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Study unlocks hidden secrets of how ultra-hard diamonds formed in rare meteorites
Dr Natasha Stephen from the University of Plymouth is part of an international team of scientists who have discovered how lonsdaleite - a rare hexagonal form of diamond - forms in ureilite meteorites
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International call for greater appreciation and understanding of the world’s sand resources
Dr Ian Selby, Director of Sustainable Geoscience at the University of Plymouth, is among the authors on a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) into sand and sustainability
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Earthquakes and extreme rainfall lead to a significant increase in the rates of landslides in Nepal
Researchers from the University of Plymouth have explored how extreme rainfall and earthquakes can induce landslide rates above and beyond those seen during a normal Himalaya monsoon season
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Extreme weather and earthquakes need greater attention when examining Nepal’s landslides
Scientists from the University of Plymouth helped to compile a database of almost 13,000 recorded monsoon-triggered landslides spanning a period of almost 30 years
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Research aims to unlock secrets of magma transport below the ocean floor
New research led by the University of Plymouth aims to provide greater understanding of the dynamic processes occurring at depth beneath the seafloor
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University scientists help to unlock hidden secrets of UK meteorite
Dr Natasha Stephen and colleagues in the University of Plymouth’s Electron Microscopy Centre have been trying to determine the Winchcombe meteorite's mineralogy and chemistry to better understand how the solar system formed
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Online engagement event set to encourage Girls into Geoscience
Girls into Geoscience was launched in 2014 at the University of Plymouth, expanding to include the universities across the UK and Ireland
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Academic helps to coordinate national programme of geohazard science and activities
Dr Irene Manzella, Lecturer in Engineering Geology and Geohazards at the University of Plymouth, has been nominated by the Geological Society as a deputy theme leader for its forthcoming work around Geohazards, Geoengineering and Georesilience.
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University researcher helps to recover first meteorite found in UK for 30 years
Dr Natasha Stephen, Lecturer in Advanced Analysis (Earth & Planetary Sciences) at the University of Plymouth, was part of a collaborative effort to locate and analyse fragments of the meteorite that lit up the sky over the UK and Northern Europe