Latest news and forthcoming events and seminars from the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Seminars & Events
- Date
- 08/07/2013 (11:00-12:00)
- Location:
- Geography Building room 125
- Description
- Part of the School Seminar Series. Speaker: Clare Holdsworth, Professor of Social Geography, Keele University
News
- Description
- Thousands of shark teeth from the bed of a Blackpool fish tank are helping researchers at the University of Birmingham in their quest to probe ancient mysteries of the deep.
- Date:
- 21/01/2013
- Description
- A quantitative analysis of dust sources in Delhi by scientists from India, the UK and the USA will provide important new insight into how individual sources of air-borne matter contribute to the overall concentrations measured in the atmosphere.
- Date:
- 15/01/2013
- Description
- BUCCANEER, an innovative partnership with Birmingham City Council which developed a climate modelling tool, won the award for Environmental Sustainability at the prestigious Lord Stafford awards held on Thursday 15th November.
- Date:
- 21/11/2012
- Description
- The Lapworth Museum of Geology at the University of Birmingham has been awarded a Heritage Lottery Fund Development grant of £130,000 to progress plans to apply for a full grant for a major redevelopment project to create a significantly improved visitor experience and widen its access to young people, the public, and schools. Find out how you can get involved...
- Date:
- 16/11/2012
- Description
- Research led by Mark Ledger has shown that critically low water levels in many rivers could lead to the partial collapse of food chains that support aquatic life. The research, which has been published in the journal Nature Climate Change, forms the conclusion to one of the longest experiments on drought ever conducted in freshwaters.
- Date:
- 14/09/2012
- Description
- After being virtually eliminated during a flood in 2005 in Wolf Point Creek, Alaska, salmon, meiofauna and most macroinvertebrates all re-colonised within two years, according to research led by Sandy Milner, and published recently in the journal Nature Climate Change.
- Date:
- 10/09/2012
- Description
- Professor Rob MacKenzie, in collaboration with researchers from Lancaster University, has produced a paper which suggests that by 'greening up' our streets a massive 30% reduction in pollution could be achieved.
- Date:
- 30/08/2012
- Description
- Our undergraduate programmes in Environmental Science have been accredited by the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES). Accreditation by this professional organisation reflects the high quality our degree programmes and recognises the excellence in teaching, learning and research aligned with professional development and practice.
- Date:
- 29/08/2012