Scientists from @durhamearthsci.bsky.social have helped study a rare rock core taken from deep inside the Great Glen Fault in the Scottish Highlands. @bgs.ac.uk Learn more: www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

Big welcome to Dr Patrick Sullivan and Dr Onur Kiris to the department as PDRAs 🎉✨ on the NERC-funded project High Resolution Radar Imaging of Pyroclastic Density Currents, awarded to Prof Jim McElwaine (now Woods Hole). 🏞️🌋

New Article alert: We introduce “average instantaneous undercooling” to track changing cooling conditions in magma. Higher values produce long, thin plagioclase (high aspect ratio), lower values more blocky grains—offering a new way to read crystallization histories. #DUresearch #EarlyCarreer

Our study link.springer.com/article/10.1..., led by Simon Matthias (Engineering) has made it to the Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/... @durhamearthsci.bsky.social

Fuel made from just air, power and water is taking off – but several things are holding it back. Professor Jon Gluyas from @durhamearthsci.bsky.social takes us through the challenges. www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur...

Ashfall Fossil Beds is an astonishing locality of which I was ignorant until last week. Included it in Monday’s Introduction to Volcanoes lecture to @durhamearthsci.bsky.social first years. 🧪🌋⚒️

𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐎𝐟𝐟 ! 🧁 🎉 🌍 We got to see and taste the creative treats made by the postgrads and staff! It was very hard for the judges to choose a winner: a chocolatey Ankylosaurus, Thin section pumice cupcakes, and some sometimes unrecognizable disappeared species... 🦖 🪼🌋

Multiple positions (PhD and postdoc) available at Durham university, (co)advised by me. If interested in any of these, feel free to DM or email me for more info. Otherwise please share with any motivated ECRs in your network!

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! 🌱☀️☕ #wellbeing #DurhamUniversity

Almost two years of seaweed study by @grockesibl.bsky.social from @durhamearthsci.bsky.social has prompted further investigation of water quality at #Scarborough www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

Our Prof Claire Horwell @clairehorwell.bsky.social led the GCRF-funded FACE-UP project on protecting children from urban air pollution. This new paper looks at children’s preferences for the style and design of respiratory protection. #DUresearch

Looking for your next professional adventure? Here's your opportunity! ✨ Apply for this Associate Professor position in Sustainable Earth Energy before the 31st Oct. 2025 and join the Durham University Department of Earth Sciences! Find out more👉 durham.taleo.net/careersectio... #DUJobs #Hiring

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 🌍🌌 #DUresearch #Modeling #GFZ

New in Durham? Or interested in rediscovering your City and your Campus? Register now for a large series of webinars on How to apply to Durham, Q&A for International students, and so much more! Find more information and register here: durhamuni.eventsair.com/discover-dur... @durham.ac.uk #NewTerm

What will be the impact of decarbonisation and the adoption of hydrogen power on water demand? New study by us and colleagues from Durham Engineering link.springer.com/article/10.1... @durhamearthsci.bsky.social

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

Never been in to The Royal Institution before. @durhamearthsci.bsky.social

Hanna's (Zihan Yang) first paper onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... paired data on 317 sewage works and 232 control reaches for 22 years to find out what impact of sewage has. What was getting worse or what was getting better with time and why? @durhamearthsci.bsky.social @jlaknapp.bsky.social

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! #DUresearch #Fieldwork

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! 🌼☀️🔋 #DUresearch #SolarStorageLive #DurhamUniversity #DurhamEnergyInstitute

For a peat to form you don't just need wet conditions you also need stagnant conditions link.springer.com/article/10.1... Our new study follows the thermodynamic profiles to show how fens and bogs significantly differ in when they become closed. @durhamearthsci.bsky.social

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! 🗻🏞️ #DurhamUniversity

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!

Bronze and Iron Age farmers in the Middle East prioritised wine production over olive growing in times of climatic change. Researchers in our Department of Archaeology and @durhamearthsci.bsky.social analysed charred seeds and wood samples 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

When we say sphagnum carpet I am not sure that you are supposed to be able to pick it up and fold it. This year's Sphagnum pioneers at Hatfield form a mat that dries out and detaches in ephemeral ponds. @durhamearthsci.bsky.social

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!

How do peats form? Our experiments compares how self-weight compaction compares degradation processes. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Spoiler - degradation is more important @durhamearthsci.bsky.social

In 2019 @durhamearthsci.bsky.social welcomed Holmes's granddaughter (Mary, in scarf) and great granddaughter (Tahareh, plaid skirt) to the Arthur Holmes Building. Picture includes me (tallest) and Prof Jon Gluyas holding his copy of "Holmes". ⚒️🧪🧵1/2

The World Peatland project team at Leicester Science Park having just finished our today workshop @durhamearthsci.bsky.social

We're hiring! Join us as an Associate Professor in Sustainable Earth Energy 🌍 Lead research in low-carbon geoenergy & energy storage, at one of the UK’s top universities. Apply by 31 Oct 2025 on this link👉 durham.taleo.net/careersectio... #DurhamUniversity #Hiring #ApplyToday

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

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An ancient Bermuda stalagmite has revealed more about the past shifting of the Gulf Stream. Prof James Baldini, @durhamearthsci.bsky.social and PhD candidate Edward Forman @unisouthampton.bsky.social tell us more: bit.ly/46R8lz9

Congratulations to Martin Smith and Stuart Jones in our Department, who have both been promoted to Professor!

Great day at Big Bang 2 event at Ushaw Historic House explaining Earth and lunar geology to County Durham families. @durhamearthsci.bsky.social collaborating with @ducollections.bsky.social and NASA South Carolina Space Grant. 🧪⚒️🚀☄️

Our grass experiment is coming along very nicely in Cumbria. Rain and warm weather has helped. Now we leave it for a month and see what impact the soil amendments have had. @durhamearthsci.bsky.social

The @durhamearthsci.bsky.social connection is strong with this one ... really interesting looking review.

Up at Schulman Grove, CA, today, amongst the ancient Bristlecone Pine trees with our @durhamearthsci.bsky.social MSci students. The trees, the oldest living organsims on the planet, have silently witnessed many civilisations rise and fall.

Scientists from @durhamearthsci.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk and @uoft.bsky.social have worked out a list of crucial ingredients needed to find #CleanHydrogen hotspots in the Earth's crust. Find out more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

Dr Martin Smith from our Earth Sciences department has reclassified a 500-million-year-old spiny Cambrian #fossil Shishania — once thought to be a snail-like creature as a sponge relative called a chancelloriid. Learn more: www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/... #DUresearch

Professor Jon Gluyas from our @durhamearthsci.bsky.social is championing the future of sustainable energy. He is dedicated to finding #geoenergy solutions that could transform how we power our world. 🌍 Find out more about his groundbreaking work 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

Our former PhD student @isobelyeo.bsky.social (now at @noc.ac.uk) features in this article. Her team are investigating seismicity from the underwater volcanoes near Santorini. Could an almighty eruption destroy a dreamy Greek island? www.bbc.com/news/article...

The deadline for the Exploring Risk Festival has been extended to the 29th of April - there is still time to put in your films and images. Full details: exploringrisk.org.uk

Well, we certainly think that Durham University is worth driving round the world for! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New paper out by @geochemwithjen.bsky.social (@durhamearthsci.bsky.social) Jennifer's project on Scottish fjords from the Last Glacial Maximum was supported by a Yorkshire Geological Society Research Grant! www.sciencedirect.com/.../abs/pii/...

We love a great archaeology story and especially when it involves Durham University’s archaeology department! Very exciting! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

69% of British peatlands are on a downward trajectory and have been since 2001. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... We surveyed all British peatlands and applied the cold humid island hypothesis @durhamearthsci.bsky.social @ordnancesurvey.bsky.social

Peatland restoration not keeping up - our new method for mapping peat health www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... British peats have seen revegetation (increased albedo), but not as fast as we should expect given controls and climate change. @durhamearthsci.bsky.social @ordnancesurvey.bsky.social