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Publication of significant new text: Speleothem Science

Publication of significant new text: Speleothem Science
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Last month saw the publication of a new text by Ian Fairchild and former Birmingham staff member Andy Baker which concerns cave archives of environmental change.
Date:
18/05/2012

Olympic hopes for final year Geography student and hockey ace

Olympic hopes for final year Geography student and hockey ace
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'As a child I always had aspirations to go to the Olympics and represent my sport at the highest level, but not until recently did I realise that I wanted to do this as a full-time occupation for the foreseeable future'. So says Susie Gilbert, final year Geography student and women's Olympic hockey hopeful.
Date:
04/04/2012

Professor Roy Harrison awarded the Royal Meteorological Society's Fitzroy Prize

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Professor Roy Harrison has been awarded the Fitzroy Prize of the Royal Meteorological Society for 2011 "for his outstanding work at the intersection of meteorology, atmospheric chemistry and environmental health".
Date:
16/03/2012

Success for 'Connected Communities' project bids

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Phil Jones has successfully led two bids to the AHRC's Connected Communities scheme.
Date:
10/02/2012
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Environmental impacts of lead mine drainage in Derbyhsire

Environmental impacts of lead mine drainage in Derbyhsire
Date
28/05/2012
Description
Part of the Water Sciences Seminar Series. Speaker: John Gunn, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham

One-day workshop: Characteristics and Impacts of Air Pollution: Recent Advances and Future Directions

One-day workshop:  Characteristics and Impacts of Air Pollution: Recent Advances and Future Directions
Date
30/05/2012
Description
The aim of this one-day workshop is to enable knowledge-exchange as well as informal interactions with colleagues and peers in the field. The workshop is designed to be highly multi-disciplinary in nature and will allow people working across a wide range of thematic areas in the field of air pollution (including measurement and monitoring, modelling, health impacts, climate change, regulation and policy-making) to identify synergies and explore possibilities of collaborative work.

Post-Socialist Pathways: The Transformation of Housing Policy and Practice

Post-Socialist Pathways: The Transformation of Housing Policy and Practice
Date
30/05/2012
Description
Part of the School Seminar Series. Speaker: Sasha Tsenkova, Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary

Holocene records of terrigenous sediment supply and weathering in the Western Indus Shelf

Holocene records of terrigenous sediment supply and weathering in the Western Indus Shelf
Date
31/05/2012
Description
Part of the Geosystems Seminar Series. Speaker: Dr David Limmer
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