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Studying Palaeontology as an undergraduate at the University of Birmingham
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Posted 13 December 2019
A new paper has revealed an ancient trackway, found imprinted on a block of sandstone from the base of Hardraw Force Waterfall in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, is the oldest record of amphibian tracks in the UK.
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.
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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
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