Today is the first session of the Earth Sciences Wellbeing Pottery Workshop! A great way to engage in a calming, creative activity and socialise with colleagues in a relaxed setting! We can't wait to see the final beautiful creations of the researchers and students! 🌱☀️☕

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Today, we kicked off this term's department seminar series with Dr. Michael Pons (@michapons.bsky.social) coming from @gfz.bsky.social. He presented his research on geodynamic modeling of tectonic activity on Earth and Venus 🌍🌌

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Fantastic final day of Level 2 geological fieldwork in Assynt 🔨🌱

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A beautiful start to the Level 2 undergraduate trip - investigating the Lewisian gneiss at Achmelvich beach! 🏞️

PhD student Ella Richmond studied critical metal mobility in Weardale and Cornwall granites. With her supervisor, she presented results, visited key granite sites, toured the UK’s first geothermal plant, and collected granite samples for geochemical analysis in Durham!

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Visiting the department this week is Dr. Alexander Yates @asyates2.bsky.social from @ulbruxelles.bsky.social. Today, Alec started our VolcCoffee seminar series with a presentation on his research into seismic noises and how they can be used to improve our understanding of volcanic systems! 🌋🌐📈

The Durham University Earth Sciences department is proudly represented at the Solar and Storage conference in Birmingham by PhD candidate Joe! Visit stand B69 until Thursday to learn more about the future of energy! 🌼☀️🔋

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Following last week's field trip, our geochemists were joined by the 3rd year students! They worked on a cross-section through the Alps in Italy and Switzerland as part of their module on Metamorphic Petrology! 🗻🏞️

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For the past week, Master's students Oscar and Freddie have joined Kevin and Kristijan in Zermatt and Saas-Fee's 3000m-high ophiolite complex, collecting samples for geochemical analysis of stable and radiogenic isotopes. Stay tuned to learn about the future outcomes of their research!

Four weeks in the Scottish Highlands? That has been Izzy's summer, collecting molybdenite & granite for U-Pb and Re-Pb dating to test genetic links between the mineralisation and granite formation. Lots of hiking, bogs, wild camping in storms, lost samples, Highland cows & swims in fairy pools!

Refreshing news to end the summer: PhD student Freya Alldred frosty tales from Greenland & Svalbard ❄️🌊. Aboard Le Commandant Charcot, Freya used an underwater drone to study the kelp's role in nutrient cycles, productivity & carbon storage. Fieldwork funded by @theexplorersclub.bsky.social & Ponant

Our painted globe is on its first outreach event: International Space Challenge for a secondary school in Chester-Le-Street, organised by Business Language Champions. Illustrating how GPS location works on a scaled-down orbit system.

Earth in progress: colourful continents start to emerge on the painted globe. Great job Durham Earth Sciences staff and students!

Our volcanologists had a brilliant time on the @durhamearthsci.bsky.social booth at the Celebrate Science family festival in Durham last week! We had a make-your-own explosion station, a microscope for looking at thin sections, coloring pages, and a sink or float test (pumice vs obsidian).

@durhamearthsci.bsky.social staff and students build the world. Expect to see the result at open days and beyond!

Amazing day with our new Level 1 students exploring the North Pennines AONB including the Whin Sill at Low Force and Carboniferous limestone at Summerhill Force (Gibson’s Cave). Hopefully they’ve come away with new friends and an appreciation of how our Earth influences our environment and economy.

Important article published by our Jenny Jenkins asking 'Why aren't students signing up to study geophysics? Are they unaware of how in-demand it is? Or are they just too cool for geophysics school?'. Published in Astronomy & Geophysics.
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