Articles about 'Department of Earth Sciences'

Tiny, invisible swirls and twirls – not much bigger than a coin – deep below the ocean’s surface are silently shaping some of the biggest forces steering our climate: sea level rise, fisheries collapse, extreme flooding, and how much carbon dioxide the ocean absorbs.

Four senior researchers at the University of Cambridge have been awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) in the latest funding round.

The winners of this year's Pilkington Prizes have been presented with their awards at a special event hosted by St Catharine's College. 

A new atlas charts the global distribution of unusual, critical‑metal‑bearing igneous rocks, finding that they often form near the thick and ancient cores of the world’s major continents.

The evolution of tiny arms in several groups of meat-eating dinosaurs was likely driven by the development of strong, powerful heads, which were used to attack prey, according to a new study by researchers at UCL and Cambridge.  

A decades-long study of oceanographic data provides the first evidence that deep-ocean heat has moved closer to Antarctica, threatening the fragile ice shelves that fringe the continent.

Professor Simon Conway Morris, Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Paleobiology in the Department of Earth Sciences and Fellow of St John’s College, has received the Templeton Prize for his pioneering work in the field of evolutionary biology.

A first-of-its-kind Cambridge exhibition will let visitors wrestle with the extraordinary power of rare-earth magnets and discover the rocks from Greenland that contain rare-earth elements (REEs).

Researchers have identified a ‘tipping point’ about 2.7 million years ago when global climate conditions switched from being relatively warm and stable to cold and chaotic, as continental ice sheets expanded in the northern hemisphere.

Dr Carrie Soderman – who is investigating rare earth elements – says she took any opportunity she could to stay on top of her routine during downtime on recent research trips in Greenland.