School news
Earth optimism 2020 digital summit. 22-26 April
A free digital event. Watch the live broadcast on our website, as well as on Facebook Live, Twitter and YouTube.
The SEES Marathon - 2.6 challenge!
Staff from the School of Earth & Environmental Sciences (SEES) are running a relay marathon on 26th April, as part of the #TwoPointSixChallenge.
Greenland expedition:field notes from the ice
Rob Webster and Alasdair Murphy, 2 of our MGeol (Hons) Earth Sciences students give their report on their recent geological field trip to Greenland.
Success: Carnegie Trust Research Incentive Grant
Research Fellow Dr Matthew Warke has been awarded a Carnegie Trust Research Incentive Grant for his proposal, “Did ‘snowball Earth’ glaciations trigger the Great Oxidation Event?”
Hidden past of Earth’s oldest continents unearthed
New international research led by the University of St Andrews presents a novel way to understand the structure and formation of our oldest continents.
From Nansen to the Polar Academy: The Past, Present and Future of Greenland Exploration from Fife
Speakers: Professor Adrian Finch, Univ. of St Andrews St Andrews Students who have visited Greenland in expeditions over the last 10 years Craig Mathieson, The Polar Academy
Success: Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant
Dr Claire Cousins, a Senior Lecturer in Earth sciences has been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant to investigate signs of microbial life...
Petroleum Experts Ltd donates 10 MOVE softeware licences, a commercial equivalent of £1,525,561.89!
Petroleum Experts Ltd donates 10 MOVE softeware licences to the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Geology Field Camp Scotland 2020 programme confirmed. Apply now!
Join us for a walk in the footsteps of geological giants!
How volcanoes recycle the Earth’s crust to uncover rare metals that are vital to green technology
Isotopes reveal important information about how Earth concentrates important metals.