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From cutting edge research to achievements within our community, see the latest news and updates from the School of GeoSciences.

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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…

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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…

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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…

Dr Beatriz Recinos conducting fieldwork on a glacier.

Mysteries of Mars: resolving the Shergottite Paradox

24 October, 2024

Paradox – noun. It is defined as a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common…

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Uncovering the drivers of Pacific Ocean deoxygenation threatening marine ecosystems

16 October, 2024

As global temperatures rise, the world’s oceans are projected to lose up to 4% of their dissolved…

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NCEO awarded renewed investment in national research capabilities by the Natural Environment Research Council

07 October, 2024

The School is delighted to share that the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) have secured…

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Evaluating societal resilience to Iceland’s largest volcanic eruptions

16 August, 2024

For thousands of years, volcanic eruptions around the world have both shaped and altered the course…

"Crater N" of the Eldgjá fissure, which slices through the hillside of Mórauðavatnshnúkar

Sea level changes shaped early life on Earth, fossils show

01 August, 2024

Shifts in the Earth’s continental plates that drove long-term changes in sea level set the stage…

Researchers examine evidence of animal fossils, which are about 550 million years old, in field work in Namibia.