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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/
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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...
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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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...
The MSc in Environmental Science offers a dynamic platform for advanced Earth science education, transforming talented students into work-ready professionals through structured placements with leading environmental and geotechnical partners across the UK, Europe, and the USA. Graduates earn an internationally recognised degree and gain access to a global professional network. By integrating world-class academic training with practical industry experience, students develop the skills to address global challenges in climate change, water quality, and sustainable resource management. Core training includes fieldwork, lab analysis, survey design, and scientific reporting, with optional modules for academic and professional specialisation. Industry partners and academics lead guest lectures & workshops, provide mentorship, and host summer placements that immerse students in industry best practice and advanced research methods, building expertise in project management, communication, and strategic problem-solving. Graduates are fully equipped to begin careers in environmental consultancy or progress to PhD-level research.
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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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
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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
⏳ You’re invited to our Layers of Time event! Join geologists and authors Prof Marcia Bjornerud (Timefulness, Turning to Stone) and Laura Poppick (Strata) 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: https://layersoftime.eventbrite.com/ 📚 Followed by a book reception with Topping & Company Booksellers of St Andrews
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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🧭 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. 🪨🧳🥾
October 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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🐚 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! 😅📒
October 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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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
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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
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Delighted to have @climatesamwell.bsky.social visiting us and giving this week’s School seminar
Seminar room with slides showing a talk titled “Diagnosing 500 million years of forcings and mechanisms”
September 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Last week, our 4th year Environmental Earth Science students were at Loch Etive, getting hands-on experience collecting data for investigating water column profiles & overturning events. Led by Drs James Barnet & @gmacgilchrist.bsky.social & supported back in the lab by @oceanicandrea.bsky.social.
September 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Applications for Geology Field Camp in Scotland 2026, running from 9 June to 13 July 2026, are now OPEN!

Spaces are limited and fill fast, so get your applications in early!

Find out more and apply here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/earth-scienc....
Students in high-vis on a rocky shoreline near St Andrews on a sunny day Students in high-vis beneath an arch with tilted rock formations
September 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Meet the motley crew of the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences – ready to kick off the new academic year! 🌍👋

Special mention to our Head of School, Prof. Rob Wilson, who is cleverly disguised a a responsible adult (the T-shirt says it all) 😅🤦‍♂

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/earth-scienc...
Members of SEES on the front steps of Bute, dazzled by the bright Scottish sun. Unless you were smart enough to wear sunglasses like Paul and Bob.
September 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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🌍 Welcome to Earth Sciences at St Andrews! 👋
A huge welcome to all our new students – and a big welcome back to our returning students! We’re thrilled to have you with us.
Get ready to (re)discover the dynamic planet we call home – from rocks 🪨 to oceans 🌊 volcanoes 🌋and climate change 🌡️
Visualisation fo Earth's layers and the atmosphere, within space
September 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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🎉 Big news! Dr Hana Jurikova has won a €2.5 million @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for CarbonDIOs – a groundbreaking project to reconstruct 500 million years of Earth's atmospheric CO2 & ocean pH. Well done Hana! This also marks our School's 5th ERC grant in 10 years! 🌍🔬🧪
Dr Hana Jurikova
September 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Paul Whincup (BSc 1962) was one of just three students in his Geology honours class @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. The trio bonded on their first day and remained lifelong friends.

Read on as Paul recalls his four years in St Andrews and reunions beyond: alumni.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/08/20/f...
The Geology class of 1962 on an undergraduate field trip – before helmets and high-visibility vests became standard field attire
August 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Today and tomorrow afternoon is our annual PGR conference, where our PhD students present some of their fantastic research to the School. It’s wonderful to learn about the diverse range of research going on here in SEES! 🤩
Lecture theatre with screen
June 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Kickstart your career with the MSc in Environmental Science – designed to transform skilled students into work-ready professionals. Supported by Women in Mining and the Mining Institute of Scotland Trust, with a range of scholarships available

More details: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/ear...
Environmental Science MSc 2025 entry Gain real-world analytical skills development for environmental scientists working in the public and private sector through state-of-the-art analytical facilities, bespoke lab and fieldwork exercises to globally recognised remediation sites. Application deadline: Thursday 7 August 2025
May 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Congratulations to Mind Chomhom who has been awarded the Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC 🎉 Mind completed her PhD at St Andrews earlier this year.
Mind Chomhom
May 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Our second ES1002 trip returned this weekend, with another ~50 students completing their first residential field trip! Although there were no sunny dips in the sea this time, the students still had plenty of water quality, climate and geological measurements to get stuck into.
Students in the forest Students in the field Students in the woods Students at the beach
May 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Hello Bluesky! 👋

We're the School of Earth & Environmental Sciences @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. Our research spans the formation of planets to climate change. Our teaching is consistently ranked among the top in the UK for Earth Sciences 🌍🪐🌋🌡️

Find out more: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/earth-scienc...
A sunny summer view of St Andrews looking across East Sands, with the tide out.
May 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM