Cardiff University School of Earth & Ocean Sciences

News and Events

News and Events

4th Polar Marine Diatom Taxonomy and Ecology Workshop

will be held in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, from 4^th – 9^th August 2013.

Dr Jenny Pike and colleagues published in latest Nature Geoscience

Lecture Series 2012–2013: DANGEROUS EARTH

Open to the public – come join us! (Follow link below for schedule...)

PhD projects for 2013 are now open!

Dr Stephen Barker and Dr T.C. Hales were both awarded NERC standard grants totalling ~£700,000 to study climate and its effects on landscapes

Dr Kate Hendry was recently awarded a Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (€100,000) and a Leverhulme Research Project Grant (£75,000)

17 Oct 2012

Open to the public, all lectures will be held in the Wallace Lecture Theatre (0.13), Main Building, Cardiff University, Park Place, CF10 3AT.

The lectures will start at 6.30 pm. They are FREE to attend – and no booking is required. Come join us!

UPCOMING LECTURES:

Tuesday 13 November 2012
Seafloor spreading 50 years on
Prof. Chris MacLeod, Cardiff University

Tuesday 11 December 2012
Subduction zones: Plate convergence, earthquakes, and tsunami generation
Dr Tim Henstock, University of Southampton

Tuesday 15 January 2013
Explosive volcanic eruptions
Prof. Stephen Sparks, University of Bristol

Tuesday 12 February 2013
Tethys: A vanished ocean
Prof. Paul Pearson, Cardiff University

Tuesday 12 March 2013
A chilling story: Tectonic controls on Earth's climate
Dr Carrie Lear, Cardiff University

Tuesday 9 April 2013
Death and destruction in the red beds of Russia: the largest mass extinction of all time
Prof. Mike Benton, University of Bristol

Tuesday 14 May 2013
Old hazards and new risks at plate boundaries
Dr Stephen Edwards, UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London