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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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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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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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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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Professor Iain Stewart MBE - Professor of Geoscience Communication, Sustainable Earth Institute
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Documentary aims to reveal the human side of earthquake science
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/documentary-aims-to-reveal-the-human-side-of-earthquake-science
The 60-minute documentary Pseudotachylyte, by Associate Professor in Photography Heidi Morstang, focuses on a University of Plymouth research project examining the mechanisms which cause earthquake cycles to begin up to 40km below the earth’s surface.
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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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National award highlights University’s commitment to gender equality
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/national-award-highlights-universitys-commitment-to-gender-equality
University of Plymouth news: The University has been recognised for its dedication to gender equality with a Silver Athena Swan Award.
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Study explores what attracts people to watch live-streams of disasters and extreme weather
University of Plymouth news: New research analysed comments posted by those watching live-streams of extreme weather and found they are important spaces of hazard learning and community gathering.
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