New paper on the earliest Cretaceous Brazilian sauropod dinosaur Triunfosaurus, possibly the oldest known titanosaur, along with a new perspective on this clade's radiation, casting doubt on previous biogeographic proposals🦕(+ @ismarcarvalho.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/zool... @es-ucl.bsky.social

Happy 100th birthday, Sir David Attenborough! 🥳 We wish you many more years in health and strength 🎂 Photos from the opening ceremony of Kathleen Lonsdale Building in 2018, home to @es-ucl.bsky.social at @ucl.ac.uk. Credit: Kirsten Holst. #DavidAttenborough #Attenborough #100birthday #birthday

Happy 100th Birthday Sir David Attenborough! We fondly remember your visit to reopen UCL's Kathleen Lonsdale Building, home to our department. Sending our warmest wishes on this very special occasion

Happy 100th Birthday Sir David Attenborough. Come visit the Foram Lab @es-ucl.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk again any time

2nd huge #tsunami caused by #ClimateChange in 2 years - the side of a mountain slid into an Alaskan #fjord last August, producing a tsunami 481 metres high, the 2nd highest ever recorded, according to a study involving Dr @seismo-steve.bsky.social (@es-ucl.bsky.social): www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ma...

Soil diffuse degassing can be a significant hazard on parts of the Azores. On Day 2 of our field trip, our students had a go at taking soil carbon dioxide concentration and flux measurements to investigate the problem. @es-ucl.bsky.social

São Miguel has a long history of volcanic activity, producing eruptions that have varied in style from effusive to highly explosive. On Day 3 of our field trip, students learn about the mechanisms and hazards associated with monogenetic volcanism and caldera-forming eruptions. @es-ucl.bsky.social

Nature Communications doi.org/10.1038/s414... by Lu et al. 2026 with @bridgetwade.bsky.social as one of the co-authors.

On the first day of our MSc Geophysical Hazards field trip to the Azores, our students visited the Research Institute for Volcanology and Risk Assessment (IVAR) to learn about long-term monitoring and management of hazards across the archipelago. 🌋 @es-ucl.bsky.social

Honorary Associate Professor Yang Li (@es-ucl.bsky.social) talking to BBC's Sky at Night team about his recent research on the samples of the #moon's far side 🌑 Watch the episode on BBC iPlayer now (from 14 mins 19 secs): www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... #SpaceScience #lunar #astronomy

If you're interested in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral (or any other) fellowship to come work with me @es-ucl.bsky.social on sauropod dinosaurs, crocodiles, fossil birds, past biodiversity patterns, and/or vertebrate conservation palaeobiology, please get in touch

Job Alert: Teaching Laboratory Technician Closing Date: 20-Apr-2026 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Were dinosaurs and other terrestrial vertebrates capable of long-distance transoceanic dispersal? Through a new mechanistic energetic model, our new paper suggests this was possible: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @es-ucl.bsky.social

Fabulous week with UCL Earth Sciences @es-ucl.bsky.social students in Dorset. Weather was lovely and the geology as always amazing!

New paper on the internal anatomy of the skull of the Early Cretaceous crocodyliform Pholidosaurus, with evidence for oceanic capability, led by Sapienza Università di Roma PhD student Leonardo Barbini, with @palaeoburke.bsky.social (@es-ucl.bsky.social): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Meet Galahadosuchus jonesi, a new crocodylomorph from the Late Triassic of the UK, described by @es-ucl.bsky.social & @nhm-london.bsky.social PhD student Ewan Bodenham (with @stephanspiekman.bsky.social, @tweetisaurus.bsky.social & Paul Upchurch): anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Today, UCL turns 200. 🎉 For two centuries, our community has opened doors, challenged convention and pushed the boundaries of knowledge across every discipline. Thank you to everyone who’s been part of the UCL story, here’s to the next century. ✨ #UCL200 #LoveUCL

UCL has risen two places to be named third best university in Europe according to the QS World University Rankings: Europe 2026. 🥉 This achievement reflects our extensive European partnerships across research, education, and innovation. Read more: https://bit.ly/3LHcuxz

Our friend @pavementgeology.bsky.social also featured in a similar BBC article before Xmas www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

Great to see a friend of the GA Dr Ruth Siddall @pavementgeology.bsky.social in the spotlight for her geological walking tour of London Check out the website of London Pavement Geology for more information: www.londonpavementgeology.co.uk www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...

#Graduate open events are taking place this Jan & Feb: 🟣 online open days; 🟣 in-person open evening; 🟣 risk, disaster & humanitarian careers event. Browse/register now: bit.ly/4pt3PMM. @uclrdr.bsky.social @stsucl.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social @statisticsucl.bsky.social @uclchemistry.bsky.social

These roles are now live! 🚨 Come join the @palaeoverse.bsky.social team at @es-ucl.bsky.social. Research Software Engineer: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Community Engagement Coordinator: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Closing date: 18-Jan-2026

New paper in Environmental Research Communications led by former MSc student Sirui Huang! The study is important for understanding how the properties of Arctic snow are affected as salt migrates in from the sea ice. lnkd.in/erkffTtA

🚨 Pre-announcement! 🚨 We’re hiring for 2 x two-year, full-time roles to join me and the wider @palaeoverse.bsky.social team @es-ucl.bsky.social. - Research Software Engineer (REF: B04-06999): lnkd.in/eNRBiPnP - Community Engagement Coordinator (REF: B04-06998): lnkd.in/ejUACCzn

On Day 24 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we share a selection of photos from the #Canadian #Arctic! 🐻‍❄️ Earlier this year an @es-ucl.bsky.social team went to Resolute Bay, #Nunavut, to test out a KuKa band #radar with different polarisations and a range of other equipment: cpom.org.uk/testing-kuka... #snow #ice

"Wave bureau" A short movie for Ocean Physics and Climate Change #GEOL0022 by Fjodors Aleksejevs with amazing photography, music and humour reminding of me of the late David Lynch www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uTB... This one deserves a price! @es-ucl.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

Day 13 of #MAPSAdvent2025 🪨 Former MSc Geosciences student Natalie Cheng & Prof @bridgetwade.bsky.social (@es-ucl.bsky.social) studied sediments under the microscope to reveal a layer of microspherules (pictured) from the #Chesapeake impact which hit eastern North America about 36 million years ago.

#MAPSAdvent2025 Day 18: Santa-saurus at @es-ucl.bsky.social exploring Haas TL-1 CNC lathe in the Instrumentation Development Workshop, which is used to manufacture components for the research labs! 🦖🎅

On Day 10 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we share the work of our creative Digital Student Ambassadors! 😊 Get advice on starting university, exam tips, explore STEM power couples & more exciting content: bit.ly/48yMw6w. #UniversityStudent #UniversityLife #UniStudent @es-ucl.bsky.social @uclrdr.bsky.social

On Day 9 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we bring attention to a unique collaboration between @bas.ac.uk & @es-ucl.bsky.social, where #Antarctic #ice undergoes a series of destructive crush experiments under the watchful eye of earthquake & rock physicist Prof Tom Mitchell: www.newscientist.com/video/249090...

Great way to start the week! Our notosuchian from Villaggio del Pescatore is out in @zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/zool... Congrats Marco Muscioni for another great PhD paper & to all the VdP team🥂🐊 Stay tuned for more croc news in the future! @piginatutu.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social

Some coverage from the BBC on our Santorini swarm paper in Science (www.science.org/doi/full/10....). Features an interactive slider graphic showing the imaged magma dike intrusion using @alomaxnet.bsky.social's Coulomb-based seismicity-stress (CoulSeS) method. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A mysterious swarm of earthquakes that occurred near the Greek island of Santorini early this year was caused by molten rock smashing through Earth’s crust more than 10km below the seafloor, finds a new study involving Dr @seismo-steve.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/no...

Our paper re-evaluating the notosuchian Eremosuchus elkoholicus is out now! This work formed a chapter of my PhD thesis, and sheds some light on the complex evolutionary history of sebecid crocodyliforms 🐊🌎 @es-ucl.bsky.social

Great to have the chance to talk about the conservation palaeobiology of Cuban crocodiles at #2025SVP in Birmingham last week and also to see so many fantastic talks and posters from the other members of the @es-ucl.bsky.social palaeo group! 🦴🐊

New paper today in @science.org: we date the Naashoibito Member (New Mexico) to 66.4–66.0 Ma, coeval with the Hell Creek, with important remarks on pre-extinction dinosaur diversity & regionalisation in North America 🦖🦕☄1/ Art: @nataliajagielska.bsky.social 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Over the moon to receive this certificate and honourable mention from @uclopenscience.bsky.social for 'Open Science & Scholarship' 😁 Thank you for the nomination @es-ucl.bsky.social!

New paper @journalsystpal.bsky.social with Drew Moore @stonybrooku.bsky.social re-evaluating diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur phylogeny + biogeography, including illustrating synapomorphies, with implications for the early evolution of the major lineages: doi.org/10.1080/1477... @es-ucl.bsky.social

A new year of teaching Ocean Physics and Climate Change @ucl.ac.uk @es-ucl.bsky.social and the students are already producing some gems as part of their flipped classroom assignments. Radiative Forcing by Elizabeth Goodwin: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8bT...

The interior of the mysterious far side of the moon may be colder than the interior of the side constantly facing Earth, suggests a new study co-led by Professor Yang Li @es-ucl.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social @pku1898.bsky.social of rock samples collected by China's Chang'e 6 mission

New paper led by @es-ucl.bsky.social PhD student Samantha Beeston (with @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social + others) on the evolution of postcranial pneumaticity in early sauropodomorph dinosaurs + its likely independent acquisition from that of theropods & pterosauromorphs: doi.org/10.1111/joa....

One of our affiliated societies - The Earth Science Teachers' Association is holding their 58th annual conference next weekend at @es-ucl.bsky.social in London. Join them for two days of learning, networking, and fun! Tickets available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-58th-e...

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

Day 3, #ICP15 , perspective talk by Bridget Wade @es-ucl.bsky.social The Oligocene - with ice and a twist 🙏🏼

Stunning conditions (and enthusiastic students!) for the first few days of the @es-ucl.bsky.social mapping course in North West Scotland! ☀️ ⛰️ ⚒️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🗺️ #fieldworkfriday

Prof @tomatronmitch.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social talks to @newscientist.com about ‪crushing Antarctic ice in his lab as part of an NERC-funded project with @bas.ac.uk to understand how the continent's ice may crack in future – with implications for sea level www.newscientist.com/video/249090...

eartharxiv.org/repository/v... In our new preprint we describe in detail the software & workflows behind www.SewageMap.co.uk! One for the open environmental data nerds out there :) 💩 🧑‍💻 🏞️

📽️In April, a team of scientists from @ucl.ac.uk journeyed to Resolute Bay to explore the use of Ku- and Ka-band in understanding snow and ice properties ❄️ Find out more about and watch the case study film on our website 👇 cpom.org.uk/testing-kuka... Image credit: Rosemary Willatt (UCL)

Had a really great time at @eavpalaeo.bsky.social in Kraków last week with all of team croc/sauropod from @es-ucl.bsky.social 🐊🦕 (as well as many old/new pals). Big thanks to everyone involved in organising! @macroecoevoale.bsky.social @devinhoffman.bsky.social @pdmannion.bsky.social

A few snaps from Open Day one! Featured: @es-ucl.bsky.social and their cool gadgets, @uclrdr.bsky.social and #AI's role in it, @stsucl.bsky.social info session, and our #student ambassadors at the end of a long day! 🫰 #UCLOpenDays @ucl.ac.uk #EarthSciences #humanitarian #science #technology