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Be part of the solution

Join us at the School of Geographical & Earth Sciences and be part of the solution to the burning issues we face around the world today.

Tackle the climate crisis. Clean up our oceans. Investigate inequality. Discover how our world works.

Be a future world changer.

Work in environmental policy: study Geography

Become a hydrologist: study Environmental Geoscience

Tackle consumerism: study Geography

Work in geothermal: study Geology

Become a climate scientist: study Environmental Geoscience

Become a volcanologist: study Geology

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Follow our staff and students on Instagram and Twitter as they engage in field work and research here in Glasgow, and around the world.

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Engineering Geology students in @uofgges @uofglasgow working on describing and logging soil and core samples to industry specifications. These skills are then used to inform engineering solutions in construction and remediation projects. #geology #earthscience #geoscience #uofglasgow #engineering #core #degreesthattakeyouplaces #bepartofthesolution #careers #problemsolving

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L3/4 Geography and Earth Science students out and about at Loch Leven today as part of the Limnology options course. Had talks from representatives of Scottish Natural Heritage, the Centre of Ecology and Hydrology and local fisheries about the management plans for the water quality of the loch and what this means for the local wildlife and recreational purposes.

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Ever wanted to catch a falling star? @FireballsUK, a new project led by @Daly_Planet from @UofGGES, is tracking meteorites streaking across the sky - and they're looking for volunteers to help find them when they land! https://t.co/tipiogsFTi pic.twitter.com/ClBIJFOxYn
— UofG News (@UofGNews) March 2, 2020

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The image that captures the beauty of being a Geologist in the field. Bringing the textbooks to life for volcanic processes, hazards and environments for our 3rd year students #fieldwork @UofGSciEng @UofGGES #Tenerife #degreesthattakeyouplaces #worldchangers #bepartofthesolution pic.twitter.com/jHgCZIEhCr
— Amanda Owen (@a_owen0917) February 15, 2020

Hopes that 'blue carbon' - atmospheric carbon captured and sequestered under the sea floor by marine vegetation - will help slow #climatechange might be over-optimistic, warns @nick_kamenos from @UofGGES: https://t.co/5tNQVZefkl pic.twitter.com/yJP0Uu8Ple
— UofG News (@UofGNews) February 27, 2020

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When the weather makes the difference! Plinian deposits on Tenerife / #fieldwork by @UofGSciEng @UofGGES 2020 field trip #FallDeposits #UnweldedIgnimbrites #VolcanicAsh #PumiceFallDeposits #ignimbrites #geology #FieldTrip @EmocionesCan #FieldTripLogistics @GeoTenerife pic.twitter.com/RpFYiTTo28
— Ignacio Garcia (@IgnacioGarciaGT) February 18, 2020

Finding solutions

Here at the School of Geographical & Earth Sciences we investigate and work towards finding innovative solutions to some of the world's most pressing issues: from the climate crisis and energy production, to widespread inequalities and poverty.

Find out more about how we tackle these issues locally and globally in these featured stories.

Join our students on a field class to the River South Esk as they investigate the decline in numbers of Scottish freshwater pearl mussels,
and seek solutions to the various challenges that threaten this endangered species.

Green Technicians

The Green Technician Programme is a GES wide initiative which explores how school gardens can provide an integral and innovative space for world building and developing socially progressive urban ecologies.