News
Keep up-to-date with the latest news from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences.
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Student organised walkathon aims to save our soil
11 May 2022
Last week (6 May) saw a student-led walkathon take place with the aim of raising awareness of the global degradation of one of the Earth’s most ...
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Bursary scheme in memory of local businessman to help Law and EES WP students
11 Feb 2022
The Graham McKenna-Mayes Memorial Fund seeks to support access for underrepresented groups in Higher Education.
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New Honorary Professors join Manchester's nuclear waste expertise
27 Jan 2022
Dr Carolyn Pearce and Dr Simon Norris will work with the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and the Dalton Nuclear Institute.
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Discipline hopping across the environmental sciences
20 Jan 2022
MERI has distributed funds through the NERC Discipline Hopping call to allow ECRs to develop collaborations across the University.
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Manchester leads on £2.5 million ecosystem services project
9 Dec 2021
The MEaSURE project brings together the Universities of Manchester, Glasgow and Salford.
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Manchester involved in new project to deliver low-carbon UK heating and cooling
30 Nov 2021
The collaborative project involves Manchester researchers Professor Kevin Taylor and Dr Lin Ma.
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EES launches new Geoscience for Sustainable Energy MSc course
16 Sep 2021
The course aims to train the next generation of energy-focused geoscientists.
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FSE duo among Future Leaders Fellowship recipients
9 Sep 2021
Drs Laura Wolz and Margherita Polacci will receive help to commercialise their innovations.
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Professor John Latham (1937-2021)
16 Jun 2021
Professor John Latham was a past Head of the Physics Department at UMIST and the founder of the Cloud Physics Group.
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MERI celebrates UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration launch
14 Jun 2021
MERI hosted an interactive event on 7 June to mark the launch of the worldwide initiative.
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First in-flight 100% sustainable aviation fuel emissions study on takes off on commercial passenger jet
19 Mar 2021
A team of aerospace specialists has launched the world’s first in-flight emissions study using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on a wide-body ...
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Chris Jackson appointed as Chair in Sustainable Geoscience
17 Dec 2020
The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences is delighted to welcome Chris Jackson as Chair in Sustainable Geoscience.
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FSE to celebrate Class of 2020 with virtual winter celebrations
14 Dec 2020
The celebrations will recognise the hard work of FSE's Postgraduate Class of 2020.
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EES Lecturer presents National Biodiversity Network keynote address
25 Nov 2020
Dr Cecilia Medupin's address was titled 'Changing times, biodiversity, freshwater quality and protection'.
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Unintended methane release from UK shale gas site equivalent to 142 trans-Atlantic flights
27 Oct 2020
Fracking operations at a site in Blackpool, UK, have caused an unintended release of methane gas into the atmosphere to the equivalent environmental ...
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