DEES Seminar Series | Sami Mikhail
Speaker: Sami Mikhail (University of St Andrews) Date: Wednesday 8th March 2017, 1-2pm Location: Seminar Room (310), Irvine Building Title: Hot climate inhibits volcanism on Venus
View ArticleDEES Seminar Series | Anouk Borst
Speaker: Anouk Borst (University of St Andrews) Date: Wednesday 29th March 2017, 1-2pm Location: Seminar Room (310), Irvine Building Title: REE-Zr-Nb mineralized nepheline syenites in South Greenland...
View ArticleDEES Seminar Series | Frances Cooper
Speaker: Frances Cooper (University of Bristol) Date: Wednesday 12th April 2017, 1-2pm Location: Seminar Room (310), Irvine Building Title: Aridity-induced Miocene canyon incision in the Central Andes
View ArticleDEES Seminar Series | David Ferreira
Speaker: David Ferreira (University of Reading) Date: Wednesday 19th April 2017, 1-2pm Location: Seminar Room (310), Irvine Building Title: Linking Glacial-Interglacial cycles to multiple equilibria...
View ArticlePhD Opportunities
We now have a number of PhD opportunities available. Information regarding these can be found on our Postgraduate Page.
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New MSc in Mineral Resource announced!
The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences is very excited to announce the launch of our new MSc in Mineral Resources. The degree has been designed in close collaboration with professionals from...
View ArticleGive GeoBus a birthday present!
GeoBus – our Earth Sciences outreach and education vehicle – just passed some major milestones, celebrating its 5th birthday, and reaching over 50,000 pupils, an achievement recently recognised by...
View ArticleSEES Seminar Series | Paul Byrne
Speaker: Paul Byrne (North Carolina State University) Date: Wednesday 1st March 2017, 3pm Location: Seminar Room (310), Irvine Building Title: The Geology of Mercury
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Nitrogen Revolution: study breathes new life into 2.3 billion year old ‘Great...
algae making bubbles of O2 in a South African lake Research – led by the University of St Andrews and published Monday 6 February 2017 in Nature – provides new insight into how life evolved alongside...
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Conditions right for complex life may have come and gone in Earth’s distant past
One of the greatest mysteries about the evolution of complex life on Earth is why it emerged so late, more than 3.5 billion years after the formation of the planet. Most scientists believe that it was...
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Research Officer Position in Isotope Geochemistry
We are seeking a research officer to provide technical support and analytical development in our state-of-the-art MC-ICPMS isotope geochemistry laboratories. These host one Neptune and two Nu...
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Research Fellow in Experimental Petrology
Applications are invited for a Research Fellow position in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of St. Andrews to work on the NERC-funded project “The Deep Nitrogen cycle”....
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Sami Mikhail wins major prize
SEES Lecturer Sami Mikhail has been honoured by the Geological Society of London with the 2017 Murchison Fund. This award recognizes significant contributions to the field of hard rock and tectonic...
View ArticleRuth Robinson contributes to Outstanding Paper of the Year
Dr Ruth Robinson, Senior Lecturer in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, was part of an international team of researchers whose work was awarded Outstanding Paper of the Year for the...
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Public Talk by Bob Hazen – March 23rd
Earth’s 4.5 billion year history is an epic of dramatic change through physical, chemical, and biological processes. Large and growing data resources, coupled with new analytical and visualization...
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New PNAS paper: Biogenic haze formation fuelled planetary oxidation
Billions of years ago the young planet Earth was much different from the one we inhabit today, with wildly fluctuating surface temperatures and an atmosphere and oceans filled with gases toxic to life...
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Royal Society Meeting – Lost & Future Worlds
Dr Richard Bates is part of the latest Royal Society sponsored meeting focusing on the impact and record of climate change as viewed through the lens of paleo-landscape. Entitled Lost and Future...
View ArticleFully Funded PhD Opportunity – Iceland as a Proxy for Magma Transport in...
We are pleased to announce the opening of an exciting, fully funded PhD opportunity at the University of St Andrews, led by Dr William McCarthy in conjunction with Dr Tim Raub, Dr Craig Magee (Imperial...
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Visit by Wally Broecker
Wally Broecker will visit St Andrews and give a public talk on energy and climate change, along with a technical seminar on ice age CO2. Broecker has made seminal contributions in climate science,...
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Lectureship in Environmental Earth Sciences
The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences invites applications for a Lectureship-level appointment from individuals that utilise applied, field-based or theoretical approaches to address...
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