News
Keep up-to-date with the latest news from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences.
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Manchester team reaches Minus CO2 Challenge final three
29 Apr 2019
SEES students will battle it out for the global Minus CO2 Challenge at the EAGE Conference in London in June.
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Scientists chart history of Greenland Ice Sheet for first time
15 Apr 2019
New research charts the history of the Greenland Ice Sheet and its impact on global sea levels throughout history to present day.
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SEES postgraduate chosen for Forbes 30 under 30
12 Apr 2019
Zainab Bibi has been included on the 2019 Forbes ‘30 under 30’ list.
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The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences: A history
14 Mar 2019
Two ex-Heads of the School have written a book covering the history of geology at The University of Manchester.
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SEES postgraduate becomes University's first Carbon Literacy Trainer
7 Feb 2019
Zainab Bibi is The University of Manchester's first certified Carbon Literacy Trainer.
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Scientists find an unexpected link between air pollutants from plants and manmade emissions
31 Jan 2019
Scientists are a step closer to understanding what controls fine particulate matter in the Earth’s atmosphere after identifying new linkages between...
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100 million-year-old fossilised fish slime shakes up our family tree
21 Jan 2019
An international team of palaeontologists, including researchers from The University of Manchester, have uncovered evolutionary secrets hidden in the ...
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Stellar astronomical prizes for two Manchester researchers
11 Jan 2019
Two University of Manchester astronomers have been awarded some of the Royal Astronomical Society’s (RAS) most prestigious prizes for their research...
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Medical scanner helps to unlock the mysteries of a giant prehistoric marine reptile
8 Jan 2019
A nearly metre-long skull of a giant fossil marine ichthyosaur found in a farmer’s field more than 60 years ago has been studied for the first ...
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Why do some plants live fast and die young?
28 Nov 2018
An international team led by researchers at The University of Manchester have discovered why some plants “live fast and die young” while others ...
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New species of ‘missing link’ between dinosaurs and birds identified
25 Oct 2018
Known as the ‘Icon of Evolution’ and ‘the missing link’ between dinosaurs and birds, Archaeopteryx has become one of the most famous fossil ...
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Bird-like lungs may have helped dinosaurs thrive in prehistoric atmosphere
24 Oct 2018
Dinosaurs could thrive and survive in Earth’s prehistoric, oxygen-thin atmosphere due to having lungs like birds a new study has found.
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Volcanic ash impact on air travel could be reduced says new research
24 Oct 2018
Manchester-based Volcanologists have developed a method and camera that could help reduce the dangers, health risks and travel impacts of ash plumes ...
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Manchester and Sudanese scientists collaborate on SALTAX expedition
1 Oct 2018
The University has played an important role in a successful marine expedition to the deep waters of the Red Sea off Sudan.
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'What's in your water?' SEES attends the Manchester Caribbean Carnival
24 Sep 2018
Colleagues from SEES asked 'what's in your water?' as part of Blastfest 2018 at Manchester Caribbean Carnival.
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SEES staff train students on water quality assessments in Myanmar
24 Sep 2018
Staff from SEES recently visited Myanmar to deliver workshops on freshwater ecology; it proved an important cultural exchange.
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University and Chester Zoo join forces to fight global extinction of threatened species
29 Aug 2018
The University of Manchester has teamed up with the UK’s number one zoo to help prevent the extinction of threatened species across the planet.
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Organic makeup of ancient meteorites sheds light on early Solar System
6 Aug 2018
The origin of organic matter found in meteorites that formed during the birth of the Solar System 4.5 billion years ago may provide key clues to ...
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Heatwave and climate change having negative impact on our soil say experts
2 Aug 2018
The recent heatwave and drought could be having a deeper, more negative effect on soil than we first realised say scientists.
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Funding secured for new SEES social responsibility initiatives
1 Aug 2018
Staff in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences have secured funding, as part of a Faculty competition, for four projects to support its ...
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New research solves a 160 year old mystery about the origin of the vertebrate skeleton
31 Jul 2018
Scientists have used powerful X-rays to peer inside the skeletons of some of our oldest vertebrate relatives, solving a 160-year-old mystery about ...
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Manchester researchers take part in Parliament's first Evidence Week
2 Jul 2018
A team of researchers from The University of Manchester and other universities have attended Evidence Week in Parliament to discuss issues around air ...
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New research reveals British Isles buried under ice sheets 2.5 million years ago
13 Jun 2018
Breakthrough research has revealed the British Isles were repeatedly submerged under an ice sheet extending to the centre of the North Sea over a ...
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Scientists use 4D scanning to predict behaviour of volcanoes
7 Jun 2018
Scientists are using the latest in 4D technology to predict the behaviour of lava flows and its implications for volcanic eruptions.
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Manchester PhD student sets off on Arctic voyage
9 May 2018
A first year PhD student from The University of Manchester will join a full-month long expedition to the Arctic Ocean to measure the impact of climate...
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Scientists train spider to jump on demand to discover secrets of animal movement
8 May 2018
Scientists have unlocked the secrets of how some predatory spiders catch their prey while hunting by successfully training one to jump different ...
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UK giant ichthyosaur is one of the largest animals ever
9 Apr 2018
The 205 million-year-old jaw bone of a prehistoric reptile belongs to ‘one of the largest animals ever’ say a group of international ...
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Prehistoric reptile pregnant with octuplets
5 Apr 2018
Palaeontologists have discovered part of the skeleton of a 180 million-year-old pregnant ichthyosaur with the remains of between six and eight tiny ...
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Are palaeontologists naming too many species?
14 Mar 2018
A comprehensive new study looking at variations in Ichthyosaurus, a common British Jurassic ichthyosaur (sea-going reptile) also known as ‘Sea ...
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Chimpanzees help researchers improve machine learning of animal simulations
7 Mar 2018
Researchers at The University of Manchester are using computer simulations of chimpanzees to improve not only our understanding of how the animals ...
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127 million year old baby bird fossil sheds light on avian evolution
5 Mar 2018
The tiny fossil of a prehistoric baby bird is helping scientists understand how early avians came into the world in the Age of Dinosaurs.
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University investing in plant and soil science research
21 Feb 2018
The University of Manchester is taking its greenhouse construction to the next level by building extensive state-of-the-art facilities for research ...
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Spiders used to have tails says new research
5 Feb 2018
The common traits of spiders are well known to everyone – they have eight legs, multiple eyes and can spin webs – but a recent fossil discovery ...
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Rare ichthyosaur is only second known example
1 Feb 2018
A rare 200 million-year-old ichthyosaur specimen has been discovered in a private collection 22 years after it was originally found. The fossil is...
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Ancient DNA results end 4000 year old Egyptian mummy mystery in Manchester
17 Jan 2018
Using ‘next generation’ DNA sequencing scientists have found that the famous ‘Two Brothers’ mummies of the Manchester Museum have different ...
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David Attenborough’s Sea Dragon – and the science behind a tantalising prehistoric ‘murder mystery’
5 Jan 2018
Sea Dragon, you ask? It sounds as if David Attenborough has decided to change things up a bit and enter the world of Game of Thrones. But, not quite....
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