News and events

Latest news and forthcoming events and seminars from the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Rethinking mountain water security

Mountain range with ice reflected in water

Water security in mountain regions relies on an understanding of the interlinks of water supply and demand that goes far beyond the study of glacier melt.

Keeping 1.5 degrees alive

People walking down a city street at sunset

We know that we must keep global temperature increase to below 1.5⁰C to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

Fossil research affected by significant colonial bias, study finds

Close-up of the spirals of an ammonite fossil.

The fossil record, which documents the history of life on Earth, is heavily biased by influences such as colonialism, history and global economics, argues a new study involving palaeontologists at the University of Birmingham and the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg.

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