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Luke Daly

SNAP decision will establish UofG as cutting-edge nano-analysis hub

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:53:00 BST

A major new grant will help to establish the University of Glasgow as one of the UK’s leaders in atom-by-atom analysis of materials which could support human habitations on the Moon and beyond.

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Cover of Drumlin Magazine March 2025 Issue

The Drumlin Magazine Relaunch

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 13:40:00 GMT

The student-run magazine is relaunching March 2025.

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Prof. Todd Ehlers elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:32:19 GMT

Five researchers linked to the University of Glasgow are among the 2025 cohort of Fellows elected to The Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series Spring 2025

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:44:59 GMT

We are pleased to announce the next inaugural Professorial lecture in our series by Professor Richard Williams, 'Manufacturing sustainable riverscapes: nature, engineering and communities'.

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earth with sun

New PhD training programme will provide next-gen computing skills

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 10:09:00 GMT

Researchers from the University of Glasgow are leading a new initiative to train the next generation of Earth and environmental scientists to harness the power of exascale computing.

Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 22:28:00 BST

We are pleased to announce the next inaugural Professorial lecture in our series by Professor Simon Naylor, with Historical Geographies of the Survey Sciences and book launch of The Observatory Experiment.

Inaugural Professorial Lectures are Relaunching

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 15:55:00 BST

We are pleased to announce that the School of Geographical and Earth Sciences are relaunching (post-pandemic) its public-oriented inaugural professor lectures, starting with Professor Larissa Naylor sharing 'Tales from a Dr. for the planet, Dr. of Geography'.

We're hiring!

Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:27:00 GMT

Find out more about three new permanent positions in the areas of biogeomorphic systems, critical global geographies, and ecosystem-geosphere modelling.

Larissa Naylor Africa Well
Larissa Naylor Africa Well

GES Professor advises the World Bank’s Inspection Panel on Coastal Climate Change

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 13:11:00 BST

Professor Larissa Naylor, a climate change expert from the University of Glasgow, has helped the World Bank Inspection Panel shape a decision on a community facing the effects of coastal erosion.

GES researchers suggest new ways to better deliver UN Sustainable Development Goals

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 08:56:00 BST

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals may only be possible if human activities are central to critical zone science.

Professor Roderick Brown (1962 - 2022)

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 14:44:00 BST

Tributes to Rod

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GES to host International EGU Higher Education Teaching Workshop

Thu, 19 May 2022 11:58:00 BST

The School will be hosting a Higher Education teaching workshop sponsored by the European Geosciences Union on 20–22 July 2022.

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Aine O'Brien holding a lego rover

Mars education project sets out to encourage schoolkids’ stellar ambitions

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:41:03 GMT

An education project which aims to bring the science of Martian exploration into the classroom is preparing for launch during National Astronomy Week.

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Philippines river valley

Philippines flood management project delivers successful online training

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 10:29:40 GMT

An international project which to aims mitigate flood risk in the Philippines has delivered a series of training workshops to scientists, engineers and land managers.

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Floodplain

Climate change is affecting the way Europe floods

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:20:00 BST

Climate change is disrupting the rhythms of spring growing and river flooding across Europe, which could pose new problems for biodiversity and food security in floodplains.

Tobias Keller
Tobias Keller

Tobias Keller receives an EGU Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:20:00 BST

Congratulations to Dr Tobias Keller, who has been honoured by the European Geosciences Union for his work on volcanoes and their magmatic roots.

The Fireballs Network helps find meteorites that land in the UK

Wed, 31 Jul 2019 09:20:59 BST

Dr Luke Daly was featured in an article about Fireballs UK and the national and international effort to recover the first meteorite fall in the UK for nearly 30 years.

Mirren Green
Mirren Green

Mirren Green's 'Fun with Zircon' video sparkles

Fri, 26 Jul 2019 10:05:00 BST

Mirren Green, a recent Earth Sciences graduate, has won the 'On the Rocks' geological video contest, hosted by Società Geologica Italiana.

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The uni tower lit up at night looking south

We're hiring!

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 10:31:00 BST

Find out more about five new permanent positions in the areas of geospatial data science, biogeosciences, human geography and planetary geoscience.

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Police on the picket line

Dr Kelliher awarded Fellowship

Mon, 15 Jul 2019 10:27:00 BST

Dr Diarmaid Kelliher has been awarded a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship for his project, 'The spatial politics of the picket line: Labour agency and intersectionality, Britain 1966-1998'.

Dr Dempster awarded the Clough Medal

Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:08:00 BST

Congratulations to Dr Tim Dempster, who has been awarded the 2018/19 Clough Medal.

Dr Jim Hansom wins Scottish Knowledge Exchange Award

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 14:29:23 GMT

Dr Jim Hansom has been awarded a Scottish Knowledge Exchange Award for Dynamic Coast, a project providing sustainable coastal planning decisions in the light of a changing climate.

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