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 and Climate Science
Welcome to EES 27th August 2019
Professor Martin Gallagher spoke to us about the Atmospheric and Climate Science Pathway within our undergraduate Environmental Science degree.
British Ecological Society 16-18 Summer School
Research and impact 21st August 2019
The British Ecological Society Summer School for 16-18 year old pupils took place at the end of July 2019. Contributors from Earth and Environmental Sciences at Manchester included Professor Richard Bardgett, Professor of Ecology at the University of Manchester and President of the British Ecological Society, and Dr Cecilia Medupin, Lecturer in Ecology.
Manchester-led workshop due to address priorities for oceanic islands and seamounts
Research and impact 20th August 2019
Dr Neil Mitchell shared details of an upcoming workshop sponsored by Interridge, with the aim of identifying priority areas for research in all aspects of islands and seamounts located near to ridges, including geological, oceanographic and biological aspects.