This week we welcomed an incredible group of students for our UNIQ Summer School. The action-packed timetable included sessions on geology, oceanography, palaeontology, fieldwork and mineralogy🌍️

Chris Day is our latest Earth Sciences in Conversation guest! In his interview, we explore the science of stable isotopes, the challenge of recreating cave environments, and why some of the best scientific discoveries begin when the data refuse to behave as expected... buff.ly/jDxdH4o

Wonderful to celebrate our final year undergraduates in Earth Sciences @exeter.ox.ac.uk this week, who are now true Masters of the Earth (Sciences) :-) @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social

Check out this really great article below by @arstechnica.com, where he explores our recent @ukri.org funded research www.nature.com/articles/s41... and highlights future questions and debates it opens up ⚒️🧪🥼 @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social

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

Researchers have uncovered evidence that Mars once hosted enormous, Earth-like magmatic systems deep beneath its surface – despite the planet lacking the plate tectonics long thought necessary for this kind of geological complexity

A new study by researchers from the Oceanbug research group has revealed that changing sea levels in the past boosted marine productivity and helped enhance carbon burial in the oceans over millions of years Read more: www.earth.ox.ac.uk/article/fall...

In our latest Earth Sciences in Conversation interview, we chat with Mike Kendall about the geophysical mysteries still hidden deep within the Earth, the role Earth Scientists will play in building a more sustainable future, and his love of electronic music...

🌍 Today is #ShowYourStripes Day. These are Oxford's warming stripes. Each stripe represents the average temperature in Oxford for a single year. (1/6)

New exhibition on critical raw materials opens to the public Check out this article from @ox.ac.uk about the new 34 Exhibition at OUMNH (@morethanadodo.bsky.social) - and then come and see it for yourself! www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-06...

We are delighted to announce that Professor Stuart Robinson has been appointed as the incoming Associate Head (Taught Degrees) for the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division, from 1 September. @drsturobinson.bsky.social earth.web.ox.ac.uk/article/stua...

New paper! Led by Madeleine Stow on “Rhenium isotopes reveal #enhanced rock organic #carbon oxidation over the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event” ⚒️🧪🥼🛘 A thread … 1/n @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social @durhamearthsci.bsky.social @ukri.org www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New publication! Gravity and seismic constraints on plate flexure and mantle rheology along the whole Louisville Ridge Read now in Earth and Planetary Science Letters! doi.org/10.1016/j.ep...

Thinking about studying Earth Sciences at University, or know someone who is? Join us on our Open Days on 1st and 2nd July and discover our undergraduate programmes! www.earth.ox.ac.uk/undergraduat...

Are you a physicist or earth scientist with an interest in planetary magnetism? Join our upcoming scientific meeting on the magnetic histories of Earth and other terrestrial objects. You can also apply to present your poster at the meeting. royalsociety.org/science-even...

I'm very honoured to have won this prize. Huge thanks to my supervisors James Bryson and Claire Nichols and everyone else @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social who supported me throughout my PhD.

New Earth Sciences in Conversation! Isabel Smith chats storm chasing in Oklahoma, how volcanic eruptions shape our climate system, and why turbulence is becoming an increasingly important challenge for aviation... www.earth.ox.ac.uk/article/eart...

New research has shown that the Euphrates River, one of the most historically significant river systems in Western Asia, originated as two distinct river systems that drained into the Mediterranean approximately 5.5 million years ago... @richardthomasw.bsky.social buff.ly/wnMkCth

🌋 New Paper 🌋 I’m thrilled to share our latest paper, out today in Nature Communications. All the manuscripts I write mean a lot to me, but this one feels particularly special. What a privilege to work with this team of co-authors on this topic. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

For the first time ever, @ox.ac.uk has its own venue at #LCAW2026 Hosted by #OxfordSmithSchool for two days, experts from the across the University will lead events at the forefront of #ClimateScience and impact. @climateoxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk

Scientists have uncovered how tiny marine plankton regulate the production of calcite in the ocean – a process that plays a major role in Earth’s long-term carbon cycle and climate regulation 🌍️ Read the full story: buff.ly/keGrhDZ

A new @ox.ac.uk expert comment from @nvogtvincent.co.uk explores the future of our coral reefs - and argues that it may not be too late to save them Read the full article: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-05...

Global coral reef 🪸 collapse is not inevitable. We explain why in our new science & society piece for TREE! www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... Written with Lisa McManus and Rob Toonen! @soest.hawaii.edu @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social

Undergrad @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social field trip to Oxford's local coral reef (sadly 150 million years past its heyday)!

Job Opportunity! Please share with your networks Outreach and Communications Manager (deadline Wednesday 27 May 2026) Find out more and apply: www.earth.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

One week left to apply to these postdoc positions in global seismology!

New Earth Sciences in Conversation, featuring Kamini Manick! Read about the various roles which brought Kamini full circle back to Oxford, the ambitions of the Oxford EARTH programme, and her advice for those who hope to work at the interface of science, policy and industry. buff.ly/nRnJ2MQ

Upcoming event for families at Oxford University Museum of Natural History - The Power of Volcanoes – Saturday 6th June Join University of Oxford volcanologists Tamsin Mather and David Pyle and discover the secrets of volcanoes! www.oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/the-po...

Some of our favourite snaps from the second year undergraduate fieldclass to Assynt, Scotland! ⚒️

The Department of Earth Sciences are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Carbonate Mineralisation to join our thriving academic community 🌏 More details and apply now: www.earth.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

From urban vibrations to the core - a wide range of research I am involved based at @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social in will be presented at the British Seismology Meeting in Leeds this week.

Oxford Earth Sciences is recruiting for two Postdoctoral Research Associates in Global Seismology! The post holders will join @seismokoel.bsky.social and the DEEPSCAPE group in the Department of Earth Sciences to work on the PRISM-MTZ project More information and apply: buff.ly/PYzDpQh

Registration is open for #MPGRiP2026! All career stages welcome! A great opportunity for #PhDs + #postdocs to present work in progress, get feedback, and network. 🗺️ @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social 🗓️ 8th-9th July ⏱️ DEADLINE: 29th May. #MineralPhysics #Geoscience @minersoc.bsky.social

New research from @profbobhilton.bsky.social has shown that chemical weathering does not always stabilise rising temperatures in the geological past, and that weathering of carbon-rich sedimentary rocks reinforced warming during the Early Jurassic 🌍 Read more: www.earth.ox.ac.uk/article/not-...

We are hiring! Postdoctoral Research Assistant in lithium behaviour in volcano-sedimentary systems The deadline for applications is 18th May 2026 Apply now: www.earth.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

Mike Kendall has been awarded an Invitational Fellowship from JSPS to study variations in the state of stress at Sakurajima volcano using seismic methods. Sakurajima is one of the world’s most active volcanoes, and Mike received a nice welcome in the form of a small eruption on the 11 April!

Oxford Earth Sciences is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Metamorphic Geochemistry to join an active and collaborative research group led by Associate Professor Richard Palin More information and apply: buff.ly/PYzDpQh @richardmpalin.bsky.social

Exciting news for @nikibrazzola.bsky.social, who has been appointed as a Lead Author for an upcoming methodology report on carbon dioxide removal and carbon capture, utilisation, and storage from the IPCC!

Understanding volcanoes has been woven together with our understanding of the structure of the Earth. In this @expeditions.bsky.social 🎬️, Tamsin Mather @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social talks about the power of volcanoes and how important they have been for the development and maintenance of our planet.

🌍 *Two* 30-month postdoc positions in global seismology at @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social 🌍! For the NERC-funded project “PRISM-MTZ”, I am advertising *Two* postdoc positions in the DEEPSCAPE group in Oxford, collaborating with project partners in Strasbourg (France) and Cambridge: tinyurl.com/mr78s9rc

The Department of Earth Sciences is recruiting for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Palaeobiology with a focus on Extinction Selectivity ! Further details and apply: www.earth.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

For our latest issue of Earth Sciences in Conversation, we sat down with Paula Koelemeijer (@seismokoel.bsky.social), Associate Professor of Geophysics, to hear about Earth’s music, skipping seismology lectures, and 3D-printing the world… Read the full interview www.earth.ox.ac.uk/article/eart...

We are delighted to announce that UKRI is funding "SEQUIN", an interdisciplinary project which will unite quantum sensing and seismic monitoring to improve the detection techniques of extremely faint signals from gravitational waves in space to deep vibrations within the Earth

The Department of Earth Sciences is recruiting for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Macroecology/Palaeobiology, with a focus on machine learning model development! Further details and apply: www.earth.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

A newly discovered fossil site in southwest China has transformed our understanding of how complex animal life emerged on Earth, revealing that many key animal groups had already evolved before the start of the Cambrian Period Read the full story: buff.ly/FDkYfxS @morethanadodo.bsky.social

Claire Nichols, Red Coleman and Donny Han are currently in Japan to investigate the Sanbagawa belt, an example of an ancient subduction zone from the Cretaceous (143 - 66 Ma ago).

The Department of Earth Sciences is recruiting for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Oceanography and Palaeoclimatology to join our thriving academic community! Further details and apply: www.earth.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

Looking for a post-doc in macroecology or paleobiology? Work with the fabulous Erin Saupe in @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... PDRA in Extinction & Conservation / Paleobiology : my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Our third year undergraduates just returned from their Spain fieldclass, where they studied the Miocene sediments and volcanics in the Nijar, Caba de Gata, Tabernas, and Sorbas basins, visited a garnet volcano, and saw a preserved reef transect in situ!

So excited to have received an #HFSPResearchGrant to study trilobite eyes with Luke Parry @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social and Gil Ju Lee (Pusan National University)!🥳 I'll be recruiting a postdoc @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - if 3D data, optical modelling, and fossils tickle your interest, stay tuned!