@oxuniearthsci.bsky.social 2025 Bermuda trip is complete! We were super lucky to see a trichodesmium bloom in the Sargasso Sea and sampled an anoxic layer in Harrington Sound (usually fully mixed at this time). Bermuda is a perfect location to bridge modern and paleo ocean-climate processes!

Geology day for the @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social Bermuda trip! Discussed evidence of eustatic sea level change through Bermudan aeolianites, beach rock, palaeosols and palmetto stumps, followed by a cave tour. Students did great despite challenging heat!

Exciting Bermuda Day 3 for our @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social undergrads on board the RV Atlantic Explorer with expert guidance from @stannescollege.bsky.social + Earth Sciences alumna Eloise! Sampling and processing water from down to 3500 m depth in the subtropical Atlantic.

Our @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social undergraduates on their Bermuda field class! Busy first day doing oceanographic data analysis, looking at fossil dunes from glacial periods, and a snorkel around a modern carbonate factory with some great diploria and gorgonia colonies.

Want to study for a DPhil in Earth Sciences? Join our Online Q&A and ask our current DPhils any questions you may have! Tuesday 28th October, 1pm-2pm on Teams. Register here buff.ly/m4jl0vR

It was great to see lots of our alumni at Meeting Minds this morning! Thank you to everyone who came along to hear more about the new Oxford EARTH programme from Mike Kendall and Jon Blundy @oxfordalumni.bsky.social

Natural #hydrogen, long overlooked as a viable energy resource, is emerging as one of the most exciting frontiers in sustainable energy. Read more about the work of Prof Chris Ballentine and the Noble Lab and discover more about the potential of hydrogen on the journey to #NetZero!

Looking forward to welcoming all our visitors to the Department tomorrow for the last #OxOpenDays of 2025! Follow the link for our talks programme and more information about the day 🌏 www.earth.ox.ac.uk/undergraduat...

#MeetingMinds2025 is this weekend! Join fellow alumni for Mike Kendall and Jon Blundy's talk on a new multi-year programme 'Oxford EARTH' - tackling the challenges of providing sustainable natural resources for the green energy transition. Sat 20th Sept, 9:30-10:30. Tickets: buff.ly/M17uqnB

📽️ Check out our latest video, where we speak with the @drakesmith-lab.bsky.social and their collaborators in @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social & @biology.ox.ac.uk to find out how they're tackling iron deficiency - the world's most common nutritional deficiency 🧪 @rdm.ox.ac.uk | @ox.ac.uk Watch here 👇

Join Mike Kendall and Jon Blundy for a sneak peek of the brand new, multi-year 'Oxford EARTH' programme: tackling the challenges of providing sustainable natural resources for the green energy transition. Sat 20th Sept, 9:30-10:30 part of Oxford Alumni #MeetingMinds2025 Tickets here: buff.ly/CSfI9IO

Arctic warming threatens vast carbon stores locked in permafrost. Don't miss this webinar to learn how river sediments reveal carbon stability + climate feedbacks. Register today! bit.ly/ppswb @profbobhilton.bsky.social @leomenar.bsky.social @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social #climatechange #climatescience

Zakeria Shnizai was featured on the BBC Science in Action podcast this week, speaking about the recent #earthquakes in #Afghanistan and the main causes of the country’s vulnerability to earthquakes Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

@richardthomasw.bsky.social recently returned from fieldwork in Kyrgyzstan, which is part of his new FCDO-funded project on earthquake hazards and hydropower infrastructure in central Asia! Read a summary of the trip in this blogpost... quakesincentralasia.org/research-upd...

New research! Scientists have identified a new constraint on the chemistry Earth’s core by showing how it was able to crystallise millions of years ago. buff.ly/YzhrM1l @natcomms.nature.com @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social

Thinking about studying Earth Sciences at University, or know someone who is? Join us on our Open Days on 2nd and 3rd July and discover our undergraduate programmes! buff.ly/YxJCVK1

Volcano alert: The signal that could transform disaster prevention www.earth.com/news/volcano...

New paper alert, led by @flatallerie.bsky.social at @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social. We combined finite-frequency theory with Backus-Gilbert based inference to develop a 1-step inversion framework to image upper mantle structure with 3D resolution and uncertainties.

Professor Mike Searle has compiled a comprehensive new geological map of the entire Himalayas 🏔️ Drawing on his own field experiences and previously published maps, Mike has brought together a wealth of knowledge about this fascinating mountain range, set for publication next year.

⚒️ Article: Rapid crustal transit of magmas beneath the Main Ethiopian Rift @geokevw.bsky.social @murphyqm.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social @cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

You did it 🎉 Congratulations to everyone who’s secured their place at Oxford - we’ll see you in October. Welcome to your new home of learning, discovery, and unforgettable moments. Let us know if you're joining by using the #GoingToOxford hashtag 🎓 #ALevelResultsDay

New Research! Scientists account for the fate of landside debris following the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake Featuring @profbobhilton.bsky.social buff.ly/dCNLMgz

We are proud to announce that the Department was recognised in both the Green Impact and LEAF Sustainability Awards this year 🌱 Many congratulations to our technical staff, whose work on our sustainability initiatives was recognised by these awards! www.earth.ox.ac.uk/article/oxfo...

Oxford Climate Research Network are recruiting! Join OCRN as the network coordinator (0.6FTE) and help us raise the impact, effectiveness, and profile of climate research at Oxford University. Deadline: midday 8 Sept 2025 @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social More details: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

New research featuring Richard Palin (@richardmpalin.bsky.social) is rewriting our understanding of the geological history of the Moon. The authors have shown that lava on the near side of the Moon originated from a much shallower depth than previously thought 🌙 Read more:

Calling all Earth Sciences alumni! Join us for Meeting Minds, the University of Oxford's alumni weekend, for three days of thought-provoking sessions and fun social events this September buff.ly/CSfI9IO

We are delighted to welcome our new Associate Professor of Climate Science, Noam Vogt-Vincent (@nvogtvincent.co.uk)! Noam is a marine scientist who researches how the living ocean responds to climate change. He is joining @sthughscollege.bsky.social as a tutorial fellow 🌊 buff.ly/7NF8gS3

The Oxford Climate Research Network (@climateoxford.bsky.social) are hiring! The OCRN Coordinator (Grade 6, 0.6 FTE) will develop and administer initiatives which strengthen this exciting research network 🌏 Application Deadline: 12pm, 8th September More details and apply: buff.ly/Di7fofa

🌊Planktonic foraminifera increase shell weight with habitat depth, allowing living cells to increase density as water density increases. @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social @mudwaterclimate.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social 👉Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

🌍 | How can we harness nature-based solutions to protect the planet? Profs Helen Johnson, Yadvinder Malhi and Nathalie Seddon explain ⬇️ www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-... #OxfordClimate | @oxfordgeography.bsky.social | @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social | @naturerecovery.bsky.social | @biology.ox.ac.uk ‬

UNIQ Summer School 2025 ⚒️ This week the Department hosted 25 Year 12 students from across the UK for its annual summer school! This year's cohort took part in a variety of sessions, including topics such as volcanism, fossils, seismology, microscopy and more.

🔍 Suspicious Minds: The Secrets of Fossil Brains 🧠 #Fossils provide us with a tantalising glimpse into the past. But can something as seemingly fragile as the #brain fossilise? Alexandra Morton-Hayward tells us about her research into ancient nervous tissue, and what it might teach us. 1/2

🌍 | Our climate is changing fast due to human activity, but is this different from how the climate varies naturally? @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social’s Prof Helen Johnson and @ecioxford.bsky.social @naturerecovery.bsky.social’s Prof Yadvinder Malhi explain. ⬇️ www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-... #OxfordClimate

Congratulations to Professor Ros Rickaby, who formally received her OBE this week for services to biogeochemistry! www.earth.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...

New research alert! 📣 A team of researchers have modelled the complex behaviours of the Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica’s third largest, in order to discover which processes could be causing the ice in the grounding zone to fracture apart. Read the full story:

Another Oxplore Festival complete, this time in Warrington! A big thank you to all our brilliant ambassadors for running sessions on volcanoes, oceans and fossils 🌋 🌊 🦖

July marks the 30th anniversary of the devastating Soufrière Hills volcanic eruptions on Montserrat. @oxmartinschool.bsky.social’s Rethinking Natural Resources programme explores how geothermal energy and rare critical minerals might benefit Montserrat and its people. @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social

Congratulations to DPhil students Rebecca Colquhoun and Hannah Sanderson, who were recognised the the MPLS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Awards 2025! www.mpls.ox.ac.uk/equality-div...

Bringing you today’s #bogbrunch from Svalbard - maybe permafrost picnic is more suitable? 🏔️🫧 @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social #ch4 #co2

The Arctic Ocean acts to stabilize the AMOC New paper in #ScienceAdvances by researchers from @bjerknes.uib.no and @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social showing how ongoing Atlantification and sea ice loss leads to a strengthening of the Arctic overturning circulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Representatives from the Department spent this week at Bradford College taking part in the #OxploreFestival Year 7 and 8 students from across the city of Bradford were invited to take part in workshops and exhibition activities 💡

Many congratulations to the undergraduate and postgraduate students whose academic talent and commitment to learning was recognised during our end-of-year prizegiving ceremony! View the full list of prize winners on our website:

Classic #Oxford at the @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social summer party!

Don't miss it! @eageo.bsky.social‬ @geochemsoc.bsky.social @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #ClimateChange #OrganicCarbon #CarbonCycle

Check out this fantastic feature interview with Dr Kabang'u G. Sakuwaha (University of Zambia), recipient of an Africa Oxford Initiative Catalyst Grant! The grant allowed Dr Sakuwaha to co-develop a research project with representatives from the Department 🌍 www.afox.ox.ac.uk/blog/catalys...

Forests are falling behind in the race against climate change, according to new research co-authored by Professor Erin Saupe. The study reveals that it takes centuries for tree populations to adapt - far too slow to keep pace with today’s rapidly warming world.

We've had an amazing two days welcoming visitors from far and wide to the Department as part of the University of Oxford Open Days. It was a joy to meet so many brilliant aspiring geoscientists and their families!

New paper! Led by Jamie Howarth “Long term #carbon export from mountain forests driven by #hydroclimate & extreme event driven landsliding” #NewZealand lakes reveal pulsed sediment & #carbon flux after #earthquakes, + wetter climate in between drives higher C export www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Scientists have found evidence that Asia was free of permafrost all the way to the Arctic Ocean when Earth’s average temperature was 4.5˚C warmer than today. The results suggest dominantly permafrost-free conditions across the whole Northern Hemisphere during this time period.

Thanks to everyone who came to our first Open Day of 2025! We're back tomorrow with another action-packed schedule 🌎 www.earth.ox.ac.uk/undergraduat...