Volcanoes: forecasting and tourism
Research and impact 11th December 2019
PhD student Ben Esse discusses the processes behind volcanic eruptions and how tourism functions in relation to the risks.
Meet our alumni: work, travel and study with Natalia Jagielska
Student experience 18th November 2019
Recent MEarthSci graduate Natalia Jagielska shared her experiences of job hunting, followed by travelling and working in China this summer, and progressing to postgraduate research in Edinburgh.
Meet our alumni: an interview with Jake Atterby
Student experience 5th November 2019
Jake Atterby completed the MEarthSci with the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences this year and has now moved on to study a PhD at the University of Birmingham. I talked to him about his experience at Manchester, and not least, Mission Jurassic…
Rocks in the African desert: fieldwork in Angola, part 2
Student experience 29th October 2019
Dr Stefan Schröder continues his tale of an African adventure, covering the geologic process of rifting, desert camping and some surprising fossil finds.
Tuff Titans, Go!
Student experience 15th October 2019
Join geochemists Megan and Connie, and geologists Ena and Dan on their mapping mission in North Wales.
Rocks in the African desert: fieldwork in Angola, part 1
Student experience 14th October 2019
In the first of two blog entries, Dr Stefan Schröder takes us on an African fieldwork expedition with PhD students from Earth and Environmental Sciences, Manchester.
Team Uganda! A volunteer’s perspective.
Student experience 8th October 2019
Second year Environmental Science student Emma Bishop told us about her experience volunteering in Uganda during the summer of 2019.
In conversation with Dr Russell Garwood, Lecturer
Meet the Department 30th September 2019
I spoke to Dr Russell Garwood about everything from computational palaeobiology (his own coinage), William Blake and black metal, recreating evolutionary processes digitally, and, the new degree programmes in Earth and Environmental Sciences at Manchester.
In conversation with Dr Sarah Crowther: Research Fellow
Meet the Department 16th September 2019
I spoke to Dr Sarah Crowther, Research Fellow in Planetary Science, about everything from zapping space rocks with lasers, to xenon, to public engagement, and, Bon Jovi.
Pathway Profile: Atmospheric Science
Welcome to EES 27th August 2019
Professor Martin Gallagher spoke to us about the Atmospheric Science Pathway within our undergraduate Environmental Science degree.