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Studying Palaeontology as an undergraduate at the University of Birmingham
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Posted 07 November 2019
Plastic pollution beyond the world's oceans – Why quantifying plastic pollution in freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems represents the next frontier
Posted 24 October 2019
Dr Sarah Greene at the University of Birmingham is a co-author on a new study in PNAS, titled 'Rapid ocean acidification and protracted Earth system recovery followed the end-Cretaceous Chicxulub impact.
Posted 12 September 2019
Very strong opinions are held about what is 'appropriate' in prison and could nature help prisoners
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Studying Geography at Birmingham
Geography and Environmental Science fieldwork
Geological mapping field trip
Forthcoming seminars and events
We run a number of seminar series' throughout the School with speakers both internal and external, on subjects ranging from human geography to atmospheric sciences.
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Equality and Diversity
Working towards equality