‘Frontier Research’ (FRESH) Symposium | Planetary Science
Thursday 28th April – Planetary Science symposium. Invited speakers include: Prof Gordon Osinski, University of Western Ontario, who will be visiting DEES as part of his sabbatical. Oz is one of the...
View ArticleThe Aurora Borealis explained
On Sunday the 6th March 2016 the people of Scotland and northern England witnessed a beautiful natural phenomenon in the night sky, the Aurora Borealis. Find out more about this natural phenomenon from...
View ArticleResearch Fellow in Isotope Geochemistry & Paleoceanography – AR1768SB
Salary: £31,656 – £34,576 per annum, Start: 1 June 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter, Fixed term for 3 years. Closing date: 8th April. To apply, click here.
View ArticleResearch Fellow – AR1764MR
Salary: £31,656 – £34,576 per annum, Fixed Term: 18 months, Start: 15 June 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter. Closing date: 30th March 2016 To apply, click here.
View ArticleInvestigating The Role of the North Pacific In Glacial and Deglacial CO2 and...
The geological record offers an invaluable window into the different ways earth’s climate can operate. The most recent major changes in earth’s climate, prior to modern climate change, were the...
View ArticleAthena SWAN Bronze Award
The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences has been awarded an Athena SWAN Bronze Award. The Athena SWAN award recognises our commitment to advancing women’s careers in science, technology,...
View ArticlePlanetary Science at St Andrews
We had the pleasure recently of hosting a 1 day symposium on Habitable Solar Systems here in St Andrews, funded by the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences for their ongoing ‘Frontier...
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PhD Studentship: Chemolithotrophs on Mars: Metabolic pathways and Biosignatures
A fully-funded 42 month PhD Studentship is available within the Planetary Habitability group at the University of St Andrews, supervised by myself and Aubrey Zerkle. The project will investigate...
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Cold Bias in Coral-based Seawater Temperature Reconstructions
Cold bias in coral-based seawater temperature reconstructions Corals are small invertebrate organisms which typically live in colonies and produce skeletons which form the basis of coral reef...
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Life near the triple point
Dr Mark Claire of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences reflects on H2O in its three amazing forms, and its role in this week’s dramatic thunder and lightning. Life on Earth is dominated...
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Multiple projects funded for Mars exploration research
Dr Claire Cousins from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DEES) was recently awarded four research projects, totalling a value of £422K, funded by the UK Space Agency as part of their...
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Fully Funded PhD positions in the evolution of atmospheric oxygen
Interested in the evolution of Earth’s atmosphere? Three cutting-edge PhD projects constraining the rise and fall of atmospheric oxygen starting soon at St Andrews Led by Dr Mark Claire Atmospheric...
View ArticleSt Andrews Earth Science student satisfaction top in UK
Earth Science students at the University of St Andrews have voted themselves the most satisfied in the UK, with the University as a whole also coming first in UK – according to The National Student...
View ArticleResearch Fellow in Planetary Science – AR1804SB
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Salary: £31,656 – £32,600 per annum, Start: 1 September 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter, Fixed term for 3 years Scientific integration and...
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Earth & Environmental Sciences students at the University of St Andrews win...
Two of our recent graduates have been Highly Commended on their submissions to the Undergraduate Awards for 2016. The two students submitted their research dissertation projects which are the...
View ArticleSeminars 2016/17
Please click on the link below to see a full list of scheduled seminars; dees-seminar-series-2016-17
View ArticlePlanetary Science at St Andrews
We had the pleasure recently of hosting a 1 day symposium on Habitable Solar Systems here in St Andrews, funded by the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences for their ongoing ‘Frontier...
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3 year Research Fellow in Isotope Geochemistry
Triple oxygen isotope geochemistry and the evolution of the atmosphere Atmospheric oxygen is fundamental to life as we know it, but its concentration has changed dramatically over Earth’s 4.5 billion...
View ArticleThe Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide
Fantastic statistics in The Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide which was published yesterday. Our Department was ranked 4th in the UK and with a 95% employment record! The University was...
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