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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
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‘Fossil earthquakes’ offer new insight into seismic activity deep below earth’s surface
The research was led by the University of Plymouth and University of Oslo, with scientists conducting geological observations of seismic structures in exhumed lower crustal rocks on the Lofoten Islands
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Study examines causes of earthquakes originating deep below earth’s surface
The mechanisms which cause earthquake cycles to begin up to 40km below the earth’s surface are to be explored in a new research project led by the University of Plymouth and funded by the Natural Environment Research Council
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University awarded HEFCE funding to enhance STEM opportunities
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/university-awarded-hefce-funding-to-enhance-stem-opportunities
The University of Plymouth has been awarded funding by the Higher Education Funding Council in England (HEFCE) to address barriers to student success
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Study offers new insight into the impact of ancient migrations on the European landscape
Scientists from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Plymouth led research tracing how the two major human migrations recorded in Holocene Europe unfolded
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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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Athena SWAN Bronze award rewards efforts to inspire female scientists
The University of Plymouth has received further recognition for its commitment to supporting women in the sciences after its School of Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences received a Bronze Athena SWAN award
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Geologists reveal ancient connection between England and France
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/geologists-reveal-ancient-connection-between-england-and-france
Geologists based at the University of Plymouth have a paper out in Nature Communications following an extensive study of mineral properties at exposed rock features across Devon and Cornwall
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Project combines geology and technology to generate a new approach to calculating earthquake hazard
Dr Zoë Mildon, Lecturer in Earth Sciences at the University of Plymouth, has been awarded £1.1million to develop a new means of modelling all aspects of the earthquake cycle
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University scientists help to unlock hidden secrets of UK meteorite
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/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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