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Professor Gabi Hegerl awarded CBE for services to climate science

16 June, 2025

We are delighted to announce that Professor Gabi Hegerl, Professor of Climate System Science in the…

Professor Margaret Graham and Professor Huy Dang announced as Co-Director’s of the International Institute for Environmental Studies (IIES)

13 June, 2025

We’re delighted to share that Professor Margaret Graham, Chair of Environmental Geochemistry,…

Professor Steve Brusatte: Chief Scientific Consultant on new BBC Walking With Dinosaurs series

26 May, 2025

Professor Steve Brusatte, Professor of Palaeontology and Evolution at the University of Edinburgh…

MSc student finalist in Young Inventors Prize 2025

23 May, 2025

MSc Carbon Management (online learning) student, Sandra Namboozo, and partner Samuel Muyita have…

EGU Geodynamics Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award | Dr Iris van Zelst

23 May, 2025

The School of GeoSciences is delighted to announce that Dr Iris van Zelst, a Patience Cowie…

GeoSciences alumnus Jimmy Paul nominated for Being Edinburgh Alumni Award

20 May, 2025

Jimmy Paul graduated from the MA Geography programme in 2012, and after further postgraduate study…

Geothermal gases from the Kenya Rift reveal a common deep mantle source beneath East Africa

20 May, 2025

An international team of scientists led by Professor Fin Stuart from the University of Glasgow,…

Amazon could survive long-term drought but at a high cost

15 May, 2025

The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change, but…

Healthy transition to net zero focus of new innovation hubs

17 March, 2025

Edinburgh experts are leading two new research hubs exploring ways to ensure the UK’s transition to…

GeoSciences researcher begins new fellowship journey

12 November, 2024

A new research project aims to tackle a critical question within the climate change discourse: how…