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A community of world-leading academics, students and professionals united in our passion for Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Southampton.

https://www.southampton.ac.uk/about/faculties-schools-departments/school-of-ocean-and-earth-science
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Congratulations to Professor Robert Nicholls, who been included in Clarivate's 2025 Highly Cited Researcher List.

The list recognises researchers with exceptional reach and influence, ranking in the top 1% of citations for their fields.

Read more👇

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Professor Robert Nicholls
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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India's summer monsoon has been wilder and more extreme, despite overall rainfall hardly increasing.

PhD candidate Ligin Joseph writes for @ConversationUK about why this is happening and its devastating impact.

Read more 👇

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India’s monsoon is becoming more extreme – even though overall rainfall has hardly increased
Wilder, not wetter: climate change means extreme downpours are becoming far more common.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Our researchers @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social have examined 5 million year old plankton fossils as part of an international research project 🌊

The study suggests tropical Pacific Ocean ecosystems may be more resilient to climate warming than first feared.

Find out more 👉 tr.ee/BpAlpo
 Microscope image of foraminifera samples used in the research.
October 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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People consume more added sugar during period of rising temperature and heatwaves, new research has found.

Dr Duo Chan was part of the team which analysed 15 years of shopping data and found sugar intake increases with temperature.

Read more👇

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Sugar and climate
Sugar and climate
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September 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Day 1 and coral 1 (of many) getting scanned at the Diamond synchrotron with @jtrendbio.bsky.social @tomarney.com and others! 🧪🌊🪸
A small match stick shaped coral being mounted in the path of the XRay beam Monitor showing coral sample number one in the beam line
August 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Our researchers are part of a new research expedition to find out if offshore wind farms could increase biodiversity and boost fisheries 🌊🌪️

Find out more 👉 https://tr.pulse.ly/yku9yvbnyh

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Offshore wind farm with multiple wind turbines standing in the ocean under a clear blue sky.
August 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Could hot rocks deep beneath a massive mountain range in North America have resulted from the #US split from Greenland 80 million years ago?

Our expert @gernon.bsky.social says he has found out 👉 https://southampton.pulse.ly/ptlrjbvjf1
Lush, green mountain landscape at sunrise with rolling hills and misty valleys extending into the distance.
July 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Our researchers will be talking about their work in the Galapagos Islands on Thursday evening at the @noc.ac.uk. There will also be a live link-up with the Charles Darwin Research Station on the islands.

Find out how you can be part of it 👉 https://noc-events.pulse.ly/ir9hp2nit6
July 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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We are ready to go! 🎉

Join researchers and staff from @unisouthampton.bsky.social, and friends of the Public and Community Engagement Hubs at #SouthamptonMela Festival this Saturday 12th July (12-5PM)!

#UoSRoadshow #UoSPCEHubs #WeAreUoS
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White and yellow text, on a blue background with several round pictures of the UoS Roadshow taken at Southampton Mela 2024. The text says: University of Southampton, We are going to Southampton Mela Festival, Saturday 12th July 2025, 12-5PM, #UoSRoadshow. Accompanying logo: Southampton Mela Festival, artasia.org.uk.
July 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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The 2025/26 Public Engagement Development Fund Call is now open!

Staff, PGRs and community partners can apply for funding to develop, explore and deliver projects that strengthen public engagement with our university’s research and its impact.

Read more 👉 bit.ly/44tkR57
Person looking down over a map.
July 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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"Antarctica is no longer the stable, frozen continent we once believed it to be. It is changing rapidly, and in ways that current climate models didn’t foresee."

Dr Alessandro Silvano writes about his latest research in @uk.theconversation.com

theconversation.com/completely-u...
‘Completely unexpected’: Antarctic sea ice may be in terminal decline due to rising Southern Ocean salinity
Scientists once thought Antarctica might hold onto its sea ice as the world warmed. No longer.
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July 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Our researchers have conducted a groundbreaking analysis of prehistoric plankton 🔬

They have revealed how these microscopic organisms adapted to their environment not just across generations, but on a day-to-day basis.

Find out more 👉 tr.ee/1ESp0h

@sotonoceanearth.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk
Washed foraminifera being picked for computer tomography and geochemical analysis. CT models of internal or external growth structures, as well as shell thickness, of individual foraminifera.
July 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Our researchers have discovered an unexpected change in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.

Since 2015, it has lost sea ice equal to the size of Greenland. They found surface waters are becoming saltier, causing more melting.

Find out more 👉 tr.ee/gyaW0b

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Sunset over a polar seascape with icebergs floating on calm water. The sun is low on the horizon, casting warm hues of orange and pink across the sky and creating a vivid reflection on the water's surface. Dark clouds partially obscure parts of the sunset.
July 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Introducing Compound Flooding, and what this means for Vietnam's coastlines: research led by the University of Southampton is shaping strategies to manage complex flood risks in the Mekong Delta. Smarter planning can help protect lives.🌊

Watch the video 👇 youtu.be/o0VmcYcS6DU
Compound flood hazard in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam
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June 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Our scientists have discovered deep Earth pulses beneath Africa that are slowly, over millions of years, tearing the continent apart and forming a new ocean 🌊

Read more 👉‬ https://tr.ee/Rj8ooV
A vivid scene of molten lava flowing from a volcanic eruption. Rocky, arid Ethiopian landscape with scattered shrubs stretches towards distant rolling hills under a clear blue sky. A person wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a backpack is kneeling on sandy ground, using a smartphone to take a close-up photo of a sedimentary rock formation.
June 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Delighted to see Emma Watts' cool new Nature Geoscience study (with myself, @derekkeir.bsky.social and others) on the Afar plume featured so prominently in @thetimes.com today:

www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

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How a plume of magma threatens to one day rip east Africa apart
Scientists believe a 3,200-mile crack running from Ethopia to Mozambique will develop over several million years, creating a new ocean and vast island
www.thetimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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As part of our Faculty Inaugural Lecture Series—showcasing the work of our recently promoted Professors—Professor Clive Trueman delivered an engaging lecture, Using Chemistry to Unveil the Hidden Lives of Fishes. @clivetrue.bsky.social

Watch here 👇 youtu.be/LujaS7cpHxc
Professor Clive Trueman | Inaugural Lecture Series | University of Southampton
YouTube video by Environmental and Life Sciences at Southampton
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June 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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50 years on from the release of movie blockbuster Jaws, our shark expert @thesimslab.bsky.social @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social debates the so called 'Jaws effect', charting the fortunes of the 'great white' for @theconversation.com.

Read more 👉 https://tr.ee/5gCSPz
Jaws helped spur a fishing frenzy – so how have the world’s sharks fared since the 1975 release?
The film made us afraid to go back in the water. It ultimately gave sharks more to fear from us.
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June 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Incredibly proud and grateful for the amazing efforts of the Southampton team at the #LymeRegisFossilFestival. We spoke to 1000s of people, and several local schools. The students were brilliant. Thank you all for hard work.
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Southampton Palaeontology people by their display at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival
June 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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We're at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival with MRes and PhD students from @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social and @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social. It's schools day today, but the festival is a weekend of palaeobiological delight. Come along and say hello.
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June 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Talking about the deep past and deep future of the Earth today at @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social / @noc.ac.uk Seminar at 3pm!
Title slide- Earth evolution models and the past and future of life on our planet
June 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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This #WorldOceansDay, we’re proud to share BlueCorridors.org - a game-changing WWF platform mapping 1,437 whales’ journeys from 31 years of data 🌊

Associate Professor Ryan Reisinger and PhD student Josh Wilson played a key role in its creation.

Explore the platform 👉 www.BlueCorridors.org
Associate Professor Ryan Reisinger, in a black puffer jacket and maroon beanie, stands on a boat with icy mountains and ocean in the background. Colourful map showing humpback whale migration routes across the South Atlantic Ocean, with tracking lines connecting South America and Africa.
June 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Great to welcome climate scientist Prof @michaelemann.bsky.social for two days of engaging talks.

His visit sparked discussion on climate science, misinformation, and public engagement - areas where our research continues to make a global impact.
Climate scientist Prof Michael E. Mann speaks at the University of Southampton about training the next generation of globally aware marine and climate experts. Prof Michael E. Mann visits a coral research lab at the University of Southampton, observing marine life and speaking with researchers.
May 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM