St Andrews Earth & Environmental Sciences
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The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of St Andrews is a vibrant scientific community that studies the Earth and its neighbours in space.
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/earth-sciences/
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/earth-sciences/
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Interested in gaining real industry experience, world-class training, and the skills to tackle global environmental challenges?
Check out our MSc in Environmental Science! 🌍
Apply here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/ear...
Check out our MSc in Environmental Science! 🌍
Apply here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/ear...
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Interested in gaining real industry experience, world-class training, and the skills to tackle global environmental challenges?
Check out our MSc in Environmental Science! 🌍
Apply here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/ear...
Check out our MSc in Environmental Science! 🌍
Apply here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/ear...
Huge congrats to Eva Stüeken on being elected to the Council of the European Association of Geochemistry (EAG)!
See the announcement on the @eageo.bsky.social website: www.eag.org/about/govern...
See the announcement on the @eageo.bsky.social website: www.eag.org/about/govern...
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Huge congrats to Eva Stüeken on being elected to the Council of the European Association of Geochemistry (EAG)!
See the announcement on the @eageo.bsky.social website: www.eag.org/about/govern...
See the announcement on the @eageo.bsky.social website: www.eag.org/about/govern...
Interested in gaining real industry experience, world-class training, and the skills to tackle global environmental challenges?
Check out our MSc in Environmental Science! 🌍
Apply here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/ear...
Check out our MSc in Environmental Science! 🌍
Apply here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/ear...
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Interested in gaining real industry experience, world-class training, and the skills to tackle global environmental challenges?
Check out our MSc in Environmental Science! 🌍
Apply here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/ear...
Check out our MSc in Environmental Science! 🌍
Apply here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/ear...
Looking forward to this event this afternoon!
Join geologists and authors Prof Marcia Bjornerud & Laura Poppick in conversation with Dr Claire Cousins as they uncover the stories written in Earth’s deep history.
🗓 Thu 20 Nov, 1–2:30pm
📍 St Andrews Episcopal Church
🎟 Free but ticketed: layersoftime.eventbrite.com
🗓 Thu 20 Nov, 1–2:30pm
📍 St Andrews Episcopal Church
🎟 Free but ticketed: layersoftime.eventbrite.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Looking forward to this event this afternoon!
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We are convening an EGU 2026 session on the large-scale atmospheric circulation in past, present and future climates! Always a fun and vibrant session, abstract deadline is 15th Jan 💨🌎
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Session CL4.2
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November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We are convening an EGU 2026 session on the large-scale atmospheric circulation in past, present and future climates! Always a fun and vibrant session, abstract deadline is 15th Jan 💨🌎
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🚨New paper on heatwaves in a net zero world 🚨
In our study, led by @sarahinscience.bsky.social, we find that the intensity, length and frequency of heatwaves do not return to pre-industrial levels under net zero - and in many regions barely improve at all.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
In our study, led by @sarahinscience.bsky.social, we find that the intensity, length and frequency of heatwaves do not return to pre-industrial levels under net zero - and in many regions barely improve at all.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🚨New paper on heatwaves in a net zero world 🚨
In our study, led by @sarahinscience.bsky.social, we find that the intensity, length and frequency of heatwaves do not return to pre-industrial levels under net zero - and in many regions barely improve at all.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
In our study, led by @sarahinscience.bsky.social, we find that the intensity, length and frequency of heatwaves do not return to pre-industrial levels under net zero - and in many regions barely improve at all.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Two great days at the Rock and Spindle – just down the Fife coast from St Andrews – where our first years were exploring a Carboniferous volcanic plumbing system cutting through the swampy deltaic sediments. The weather held until the last hour on Sunday, so we’ll take that as a win! ☔🪨
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Two great days at the Rock and Spindle – just down the Fife coast from St Andrews – where our first years were exploring a Carboniferous volcanic plumbing system cutting through the swampy deltaic sediments. The weather held until the last hour on Sunday, so we’ll take that as a win! ☔🪨
Join geologists and authors Prof Marcia Bjornerud & Laura Poppick in conversation with Dr Claire Cousins as they uncover the stories written in Earth’s deep history.
🗓 Thu 20 Nov, 1–2:30pm
📍 St Andrews Episcopal Church
🎟 Free but ticketed: layersoftime.eventbrite.com
🗓 Thu 20 Nov, 1–2:30pm
📍 St Andrews Episcopal Church
🎟 Free but ticketed: layersoftime.eventbrite.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Join geologists and authors Prof Marcia Bjornerud & Laura Poppick in conversation with Dr Claire Cousins as they uncover the stories written in Earth’s deep history.
🗓 Thu 20 Nov, 1–2:30pm
📍 St Andrews Episcopal Church
🎟 Free but ticketed: layersoftime.eventbrite.com
🗓 Thu 20 Nov, 1–2:30pm
📍 St Andrews Episcopal Church
🎟 Free but ticketed: layersoftime.eventbrite.com
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New paper alert in J. Climate from the Climate Dynamics Lab @earthscista.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social:
Tropical temperature distributions over a wide range of climates: theory and idealized simulations
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New paper alert in J. Climate from the Climate Dynamics Lab @earthscista.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social:
Tropical temperature distributions over a wide range of climates: theory and idealized simulations
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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New paper alert in J. Climate from the Climate Dynamics Lab @earthscista.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social:
Tropical temperature distributions over a wide range of climates: theory and idealized simulations
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
New paper alert in J. Climate from the Climate Dynamics Lab @earthscista.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social:
Tropical temperature distributions over a wide range of climates: theory and idealized simulations
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
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Apparently Hurricane Melissa was "engineered" as part of a land-clearing plot to build smart cities in Jamaica 🤔 Here is my attempt, via BBC Verify, to douse this conspiracy nonsense with some science facts: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Apparently Hurricane Melissa was "engineered" as part of a land-clearing plot to build smart cities in Jamaica 🤔 Here is my attempt, via BBC Verify, to douse this conspiracy nonsense with some science facts: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...
🧭 Off to the Carboniferous! 🌿🌴
Dr Rhodri Jerrett (SEES) with Dr Alex Whittaker and Jonah McLeod (Imperial College London) are in the Appalachian Basin investigating the paleohydraulics of ancient tropical rivers 🌊🌴.
They’re uncovering how peaty floodplains influenced these mighty systems. 🪨🧳🥾
Dr Rhodri Jerrett (SEES) with Dr Alex Whittaker and Jonah McLeod (Imperial College London) are in the Appalachian Basin investigating the paleohydraulics of ancient tropical rivers 🌊🌴.
They’re uncovering how peaty floodplains influenced these mighty systems. 🪨🧳🥾
October 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🧭 Off to the Carboniferous! 🌿🌴
Dr Rhodri Jerrett (SEES) with Dr Alex Whittaker and Jonah McLeod (Imperial College London) are in the Appalachian Basin investigating the paleohydraulics of ancient tropical rivers 🌊🌴.
They’re uncovering how peaty floodplains influenced these mighty systems. 🪨🧳🥾
Dr Rhodri Jerrett (SEES) with Dr Alex Whittaker and Jonah McLeod (Imperial College London) are in the Appalachian Basin investigating the paleohydraulics of ancient tropical rivers 🌊🌴.
They’re uncovering how peaty floodplains influenced these mighty systems. 🪨🧳🥾
🐚 Fossils of Fife Field Trip! ⛏️
Our Second Year students explored Carboniferous sediments and Fife’s fossil record, measuring their first independent stratigraphic log 🔍📏
Two field days — one ☀️, one 🌧️ — some lucky, others came back with very soggy notebooks! 😅📒
Our Second Year students explored Carboniferous sediments and Fife’s fossil record, measuring their first independent stratigraphic log 🔍📏
Two field days — one ☀️, one 🌧️ — some lucky, others came back with very soggy notebooks! 😅📒
October 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🐚 Fossils of Fife Field Trip! ⛏️
Our Second Year students explored Carboniferous sediments and Fife’s fossil record, measuring their first independent stratigraphic log 🔍📏
Two field days — one ☀️, one 🌧️ — some lucky, others came back with very soggy notebooks! 😅📒
Our Second Year students explored Carboniferous sediments and Fife’s fossil record, measuring their first independent stratigraphic log 🔍📏
Two field days — one ☀️, one 🌧️ — some lucky, others came back with very soggy notebooks! 😅📒
Our own Prof. Adrian Finch describes his journey to become a geologist – including working in hurricane-force winds in Greenland, which still didn't deter his passion for understanding the Earth
Hear his story on Geologists from Planet Earth: geologistsfromplanetearth.buzzsprout.com/2502584/epis...
Hear his story on Geologists from Planet Earth: geologistsfromplanetearth.buzzsprout.com/2502584/epis...
Geology as a journey through generations - Adrian Finch - Geologists from Planet Earth
Adrian Finch hailed from South London and - in his own words - started out utterly hopeless at fieldwork. His lifelong love of crystal structures led him to research into car catalysts and superconduc...
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October 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Our own Prof. Adrian Finch describes his journey to become a geologist – including working in hurricane-force winds in Greenland, which still didn't deter his passion for understanding the Earth
Hear his story on Geologists from Planet Earth: geologistsfromplanetearth.buzzsprout.com/2502584/epis...
Hear his story on Geologists from Planet Earth: geologistsfromplanetearth.buzzsprout.com/2502584/epis...
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Excited to be visiting @universityofleeds.bsky.social today! I will discuss our research on the physics of tropical land in a changing climate, including hot-off-the-server results suggesting a drier future than climate models predict @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social @earthscista.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Excited to be visiting @universityofleeds.bsky.social today! I will discuss our research on the physics of tropical land in a changing climate, including hot-off-the-server results suggesting a drier future than climate models predict @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social @earthscista.bsky.social
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The September 2025 Hydrological Summary for the UK has been published. This puts the rainfall, river flows, groundwater levels and reservoir stocks data into historical context.
Read it here [PDF]: nrfa.ceh.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
#hydrology #water #rivers 🧪
Read it here [PDF]: nrfa.ceh.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
#hydrology #water #rivers 🧪
October 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The September 2025 Hydrological Summary for the UK has been published. This puts the rainfall, river flows, groundwater levels and reservoir stocks data into historical context.
Read it here [PDF]: nrfa.ceh.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
#hydrology #water #rivers 🧪
Read it here [PDF]: nrfa.ceh.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
#hydrology #water #rivers 🧪
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From St Andrews you can see a striking inversion looking north towards the Tay. Bright sunshine in Fife, thick cloud in Dundee.
#Fife #Weather at 10:01
🌡10.5°C (🔺11.3°C/🔻10.5°C)
💧97%RH
🌬SW 0.9mph, Max Gust 6.9mph
🌀987.4mb Steady
☔0.0mm/hr, 1.20mm
🏭Air quality:
🟢PM2.5: 2.8 (AQI 1, Low pollution)
🟢PM10: 53.8 (AQI 4, Moderate pollution)
🌡10.5°C (🔺11.3°C/🔻10.5°C)
💧97%RH
🌬SW 0.9mph, Max Gust 6.9mph
🌀987.4mb Steady
☔0.0mm/hr, 1.20mm
🏭Air quality:
🟢PM2.5: 2.8 (AQI 1, Low pollution)
🟢PM10: 53.8 (AQI 4, Moderate pollution)
October 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
From St Andrews you can see a striking inversion looking north towards the Tay. Bright sunshine in Fife, thick cloud in Dundee.
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5 million of them are about research
October 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
5 million of them are about research
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The Tabula Project preview opened last night at St Andrews Botanic Gardens.
Starting today, 3 online roundtables will explore how we rethink our perceptions of the climate crisis with artist & Greener Vision CEO Claire Haigh.
Learn more + register: https://ow.ly/2Vfm50XaTw8
#EverToExcel
Starting today, 3 online roundtables will explore how we rethink our perceptions of the climate crisis with artist & Greener Vision CEO Claire Haigh.
Learn more + register: https://ow.ly/2Vfm50XaTw8
#EverToExcel
October 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The Tabula Project preview opened last night at St Andrews Botanic Gardens.
Starting today, 3 online roundtables will explore how we rethink our perceptions of the climate crisis with artist & Greener Vision CEO Claire Haigh.
Learn more + register: https://ow.ly/2Vfm50XaTw8
#EverToExcel
Starting today, 3 online roundtables will explore how we rethink our perceptions of the climate crisis with artist & Greener Vision CEO Claire Haigh.
Learn more + register: https://ow.ly/2Vfm50XaTw8
#EverToExcel
Our first years headed out on their first field trip to Ruddons Point on the Fife coast this weekend – diving into Quaternary landscape evolution & sea level changes! Plenty of sunshine on the Saturday trips, but Sunday morning brought the haar (and not just the 'haar haar' response to staff jokes)
October 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Our first years headed out on their first field trip to Ruddons Point on the Fife coast this weekend – diving into Quaternary landscape evolution & sea level changes! Plenty of sunshine on the Saturday trips, but Sunday morning brought the haar (and not just the 'haar haar' response to staff jokes)
Join Prof Adrian Finch at The Tabula Project: Clearing Obstructions, an event by @energy-ethics.bsky.social.
Adrian will bring the perspective of an Earth Scientist, showing how the geology of resources underpins discussions about net zero and climate change.
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Adrian will bring the perspective of an Earth Scientist, showing how the geology of resources underpins discussions about net zero and climate change.
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Register for Event – The Tabula Project: Clearing Obstructions – Teams Webinar
The Tabula Project: Clearing Obstructions – Teams Webinar, Wed 15 Oct 2025 - Socrates once declared “The unexamined life is not worth living”.
We need to observe ourselves with a higher degree of det...
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October 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Join Prof Adrian Finch at The Tabula Project: Clearing Obstructions, an event by @energy-ethics.bsky.social.
Adrian will bring the perspective of an Earth Scientist, showing how the geology of resources underpins discussions about net zero and climate change.
www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...
Adrian will bring the perspective of an Earth Scientist, showing how the geology of resources underpins discussions about net zero and climate change.
www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...
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Whoops, here's one which does: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7.... Thanks for checking @earthscista.bsky.social!
Abiotic Sources of Fixed Nitrogen Sustained Early Ecosystems for Several Hundred MIllion Years After the Origin of Life
Nitrogen plays a crucial role in controlling biological productivity. However, it remains unknown how Earth’s earliest ecosystems accessed bioavailable forms of nitrogen. Here, we present genomi...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Whoops, here's one which does: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7.... Thanks for checking @earthscista.bsky.social!
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🧊Our researchers have just finished analysing ancient Antarctic ice spanning 1.2 million years of climate history!
The Beyond EPICA project extends the ice core climate record by 400,000 years, helping us to understand long-term climate patterns and improve future predictions.
The Beyond EPICA project extends the ice core climate record by 400,000 years, helping us to understand long-term climate patterns and improve future predictions.
October 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
🧊Our researchers have just finished analysing ancient Antarctic ice spanning 1.2 million years of climate history!
The Beyond EPICA project extends the ice core climate record by 400,000 years, helping us to understand long-term climate patterns and improve future predictions.
The Beyond EPICA project extends the ice core climate record by 400,000 years, helping us to understand long-term climate patterns and improve future predictions.
Over the last six weeks, SEES scientists Mengwen, Patrick, Helen & Andrea jointed the Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice project, which aims to analyse the oldest ice on Earth – up to 1.5 million years old, beyond the 800,000 years previously covered – to understand more about Earth's climate 🧊🧪🥼 @bas.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Over the last six weeks, SEES scientists Mengwen, Patrick, Helen & Andrea jointed the Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice project, which aims to analyse the oldest ice on Earth – up to 1.5 million years old, beyond the 800,000 years previously covered – to understand more about Earth's climate 🧊🧪🥼 @bas.ac.uk
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Had a great time at the NCAS Climate Modelling Summer School in Cambridge this year! 🌏
Huge thanks to the organisers and all the wonderful speakers. Would highly recommend!
Huge thanks to the organisers and all the wonderful speakers. Would highly recommend!
Hello from Cambridge!
We've just finished our Climate Modelling Summer School. It is an exciting two-week programme of lectures and practical work on climate models.
Thank you to everyone who came along to learn and network with our experts and with like-minded peers!
We've just finished our Climate Modelling Summer School. It is an exciting two-week programme of lectures and practical work on climate models.
Thank you to everyone who came along to learn and network with our experts and with like-minded peers!
September 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Had a great time at the NCAS Climate Modelling Summer School in Cambridge this year! 🌏
Huge thanks to the organisers and all the wonderful speakers. Would highly recommend!
Huge thanks to the organisers and all the wonderful speakers. Would highly recommend!