The Department of Earth Sciences and St Peter's College are recruiting an Associate Professor (or Professor) in Earth Surface Processes to join our thriving academic community! earth.web.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

New paper! Led by Jemma Wadham on “An #Ice Sheet-to-Ocean Analysis of #Carbon Stores and Fluxes in Earth's Polar Regions (#RECCAP2, Polar Ice Sheets)” ❄️🧪🥼 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

New paper alert, led by @flatallerie.bsky.social at @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social. We propose new insights into the cooling of the oceanic lithosphere based on 'SS3DPacific', a new model of Vsv in the upper mantle beneath the Pacific Ocean. See: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Our friends in @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social analysed a stalagmite to create a precisely dated "rainfall yearbook" which revealed a very large climate & cultural shift 3,950 years ago in the Yangtze Valley. Brilliant work! #China #caves #climatechange #chronologies

This #WomeninScienceDay, hear from physicist @vignolinilab.bsky.social, volcanologist Tamsin Mather and cosmologist @jdunkley.bsky.social, all former Philip Leverhulme Prize winners, as they reflect on their careers. Learn more here: media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/expe...

This International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate the talented, trailblazing women who we have the honour of working with every day here at Oxford Earth Sciences 🌏 #IDWGS #WomenInScience @ox.ac.uk @mplsoxford.bsky.social

Check out our new Earth Sciences in Conversation interview with Adam Morley to learn more about his career in the armed forces, doing a DPhil mid-career, and detecting long-lost medieval tunnels in Normandy… Read the full interview here: www.earth.ox.ac.uk/article/eart...

📽️ #Santorini might be better known for its beaches & archaeological sites, but did you know it's also a #volcano? 🌋 Join @sofiadellasala.bsky.social as she takes us behind-the-scenes on her first #fieldwork #expedition, exploring the world of #hydrothermal systems... @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social 1/2

🌊 Did you know rivers release greenhouse gases? This #WorldWetlandsDay, @profbobhilton.bsky.social discusses his research on how rivers, streams & deltas release CO2 & methane - and how #climatechange may affect this ➡️ https://bit.ly/3NO68x1 #WorldWetlandsDay @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social

New research has shown that the collapse of Shijiahe culture in the middle Yangtze River valley 3,950 years ago was caused by widespread flooding Read the full story on our website: buff.ly/OlllEF8

Our latest In Conversation interview with Gideon Henderson, Professor of Earth Sciences, is available to read on our website! Hear from Gideon about approaches to climate mitigation, his time as Chief Scientific Advisor at DEFRA, fieldwork in Siberian Russia, and more… buff.ly/nAirVzc

New research shows that global warming during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum was amplified by widespread forest fires and soil erosion, which occurred within as little as a few centuries after a huge amount of carbon dioxide entered the atmosphere 🔥 Read the full story: buff.ly/cEMbgQO

A new study led by Cooper Malanoski and Erin Saupe has shown that the shape and orientation of coastlines significantly influenced extinction patterns for animals living in the shallow oceans during the last 540 million years. @eesaupe.bsky.social @mplsoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk buff.ly/2Np5CNR

Day 2 of the 2026 graduate conference is underway! Kicking things off is Edward Blackman. Ed's research examines radiolytic hydrogen generation in Earth's crust 🫧

Today is the first day of our 2026 graduate conference! Our first speaker is Manuel Mojica Boada. Manuel's research applies Backus-Gilbert methods to Vp/Vs local earthquake topography for imaging fluids in subduction zones 🌎

Congratulations to Associate Professor Paula Koelemeijer, who has been awarded the 2026 Royal Astronomical Society Fowler Award for early achievement in geophysics! www.earth.ox.ac.uk/article/asso...

Our new Thermo Scientific Apreo 2 Scanning Electron Microscope, jointly operated with @oxfordmaterials.bsky.social, is now on-line! The instrument was unveiled today by Prof Jim Naismith, Head of the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division @mplsoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

Funding for Oxford DPhils in 2026 closes on 28th January 2026! Take a look at the projects we have available this year. If you're interested you can find more details on funding on our admissions page - www.earth.ox.ac.uk/graduate/adm...

We are delighted to announce that Professor Gideon Henderson and Professor Tamsin Mather have been acknowledged by His Majesty the King in the 2026 New Year Honours List, which recognises the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK. www.earth.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...

Happy holidays from all of us at the Department of Earth Sciences! Wishing everyone a joyful and restful festive season, and we will see you in 2026 🎄

Looking to study a PhD in Earth Sciences? Take a look at our admissions page for advice and guidance - www.earth.ox.ac.uk/graduate/adm...

Our final Earth Sciences in Conversation interviewee for 2025 is Andrew Walker, Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow in Computational Geosciences! Check out the full article: buff.ly/gIBAYEE

Head on over to @scifri.bsky.social to hear Tamsin Mather field listeners' burning volcano questions!

Great to be featured on the University of Oxford’s Pulse today. It’s fantastic to see this piece highlighting Hal Drakesmith and the Drakesmith Lab at the #MRCWIMM, working with colleagues from Oxford Earth Sciences. www.ox.ac.uk/pulse/health... @ox.ac.uk

Read more about the collaboration happening between our researchers Jon Wade and Phil Holdship and the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine in this new feature article! www.ox.ac.uk/pulse/health...

We are hiring! Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Physiology of Calcification in Phytoplankton Please share with your networks! buff.ly/tzfKGID

New fully-funded DPhil project with Professor Richard Walker (@richardthomasw.bsky.social) researching the extent, timing, and cause of Quaternary uplift along the Atlantic margin of Morocco! For more information visit our website www.earth.ox.ac.uk/extent-timin...

We are hiring! Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Volcano Seismology More details and apply: buff.ly/5zCerzZ

Prof Erin Saupe (@eesaupe.bsky.social) has been awarded funding from the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants! The EXTINCT project will develop new ways of determining what causes marine invertebrates to die out. www.earth.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...

You can find detail of all our current PhD projects on our website. The deadline for funding applications is 28th January 2026 - www.earth.ox.ac.uk/graduate/pro...

Looking for a PhD in seismology based in Oxford @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social? Interested in global seismology, deep Earth processes, mantle dynamics and mineralogy, seismic imaging, inverse problems, or urban seismology, seismic deployments, seismicity? Please get in touch to discuss ideas! (1/n)

Find out what scientific questions motivate @eesaupe.bsky.social to come to work on a rainy winter's morning, along with a variety of other questions about her life and career, in our latest Earth Sciences in Conversation interview: www.earth.ox.ac.uk/article/eart...

If you are interested in studying for a PhD in Earth Sciences, have a look at what Oxford could offer. Detail on admissions are here - www.earth.ox.ac.uk/article/appl...

New vacancy - Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Physiology of Calcification in phytoplankton More information and apply:

Thinking about applying for graduate study? Here’s a quick guide to the process: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsCc... Start your application now at www.earth.ox.ac.uk/graduate/adm...

We are delighted to share the latest In Conversation interview, featuring Prof Erin Saupe (@eesaupe.bsky.social)! In this feature, we discuss everything from the role of palaeontology in responding to climate change to the scientific inaccuracies of Jurassic Park... Read more: buff.ly/agbV4vg

Thinking about graduate study? Our department offers an inspiring environment for research and learning 🌏 Hear from current DPhil students Sofia and Brandon in this short video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnh2...

NEW: The best new science books for kids, recommended by Tamsin Mather, chair of the 2025 Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize judging panel fivebooks.com/best-books/b...

New research from Martino Foschi and Joe Cartwright has been featured as an editor’s highlight in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, which we are delighted to share here: eos.org/editor-highl...

The Department of Earth Sciences is delighted to announce that Professor Mike Searle has been awarded the Arthur Holmes Medal of the European Geosciences Union for 2026, in recognition of his fundamental contributions to Himalayan tectonics. buff.ly/KtBBj4q

New research from Oxford Earth Sciences' Sophie Gill, Ros Rickaby and Gideon Henderson provides important insights into the safe operational boundaries of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement and the likely impacts on major calcifying organisms. Read the full article here:

New Earth Sciences in Conversation interview! Meet Darren Hillegonds, Research Fellow in Analytical Chemistry, and hear about his journey from Chemistry to Earth Sciences, and his love of noble gases... www.earth.ox.ac.uk/article/eart...

In Summer 2024, a team of palaeontologists and geologists undertook an expedition to the Little Dal Group in the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada. Their purpose was to uncover some of the oldest fossil ecosystems that record complex life.

Dr Ross was joined in Canada by DPhil student, George Wedlake, from @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social . They spent two weeks collecting over 100 rock samples which record an ancient tropical sea not unlike the Bahamas today, where early complex life likely flourished.

What's your favourite plate boundary? Find out Adina's favourite in part two of our In Conversation interview with her. You can read the full in depth interview here: www.earth.ox.ac.uk/article/eart...

Adina Pusok, Royal Society University Research Fellow, is the featured scientist in our latest In Conversation interview! Learn more about her career journey, her research fellowship, and her favourite type of plate tectonic boundary... Read the full interview: buff.ly/DKufvGe

New research by Oxford Earth Sciences’ Dr Rita Kounoudis, published today in Nature, challenges long-held assumptions about what controls the strength of Earth’s outer shell and its susceptibility to continental break-up. www.earth.ox.ac.uk/article/myst...

Professor of Earth Sciences @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social, Tamsin Mather, reflects on how volcanoes are portrayed in TV and film compared to real scientific understanding. www.joinexpeditions.com/experts/4635

Tamsin Mather, professor of Earth Sciences @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social, reflects on her career studying volcanic plumes. She shares how recent research has taken her from monitoring emissions in volcanic plumes to identifying traces of ancient volcanic activity hidden in sediments. #PLPEXPeditions

We're excited to announce that Professor Helen Johnson was interviewed by Michael Rosen as part of the Hot Poets Ignite campaign! Hot Poets is an award-winning arts organisation working to communicate climate change science and action through spoken word poetry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytOH...