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Former student Kenton Cool, along with Sherpa Dorje Gylgen, have become the first people to climb the three Himalayan peaks of Nuptse (7,861m), Everest (8,848m) and Lhotse (8,516m) in one continuous trip. By reaching the top of...read more

Observations of the climate’s response to rising greenhouse gas levels are consistent with conventional estimates of long-term 'climate sensitivity', despite a "warming pause" over the past decade.read more

Land use change in developing countries can lead to major environmental issues such as increasing greenhouse gas emissions, loss of biodiversity and soil erosion.  The reasons for changes in land use can be complicated,...read more

The School of Earth and Environment is now ranked 3rd in the UK, and 12th in the world, in terms of Academic Reputation in Earth Science, reflecting the opinions of a panel of international experts. Importantly, SEE has also...read more

The School celebrated its 3rd Annual Research Student Publications Prizegiving Ceremony on Tuesday 19 March.read more

Congratulations to John Barrett, Professor of Ecological Economics in the Sustainability Research Institute who, with the Universities of Cambridge, Leeds, Bath and Nottingham Trent, has secured a £6.2m EPSRC grant to create UK...read more

Environmental governance in a warming Arctic Rapid environmental change and increased extractive industry activity have placed the Arctic at the centre of global attention as a region undergoing transition (Dittmer et al., 2011).read more

Chalk cliffs are common throughout Northwest Europe, forming around 10% or 400km of the English coast, but they are at very high risk from coastal erosion over the next century and cliff collapse is already becoming more...read more

Congratulations to Dr Doug Angus, Associate Professor in Applied and Theoretical Seismology, who has been awarded a 5 year EPSRC Early Career Fellowship worth £1m titled "Reducing uncertainty in predicting the risk of geological...read more

Stavros Afionis presented at a workshop on "EU environmental norms and third countries: the EU as a global role model?" The event was organised by the Centre for the Law of EU External Relations (CLEER) in The Hague on April 19th...read more