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The current cohort of Master of Land Economy (MLE) students enjoyed their first field trips last week (20th and 21st Sep 2018). The Forestry Management course (led by Louise Page) took them to Kirkhill Forest, where they learned to recognise different tree species, dug a soil pit to identify soil...

A leading hydrologist from the 51cg's School of Geosciences has been elected as a Fellow of the prestigious American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Tiny creatures that lived in the dark - either underground or below the sea floor - were the dominant life forms on Earth for much of the planet's history, a study suggests.

The latest edition of the School of Geosciences PhD Newsletter is out now

Lorna Philip and Mags Currie (James Hutton Institute) addressed the Cross Party Group on Rural Policy on the 5th June 2018.  This group informs MSPs and the wider Scottish Parliament about issues relating to rural policies and policy-making in Scotland.  The theme of the June meeting was Technology and Rural...

51cg Geoscientists have published a new paper in Science Advances that demonstrates that European ice sheets reached the middle of the North Sea much earlier in the Pleistocene than previously acknowledged. The study, led by Dr Brice Rea and co-authored by Dr Matteo Spagnolo, Dr David Cornwall and...

Dr Alex Brasier has written an article for the Conversation - 'The hunt for life on Mars: new findings on rock 'chimneys' could hold key to success'

The hill of Bennachie has a folklore of giants, magical springs and the devil who built a causeway in one night, while its archaeology includes prehistoric hut circles and the hill fort at Mither Tap.

Tim Mighall, Reader in Geography and Environment, has been invited to serve as an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports, a Nature Research journal. Scientific Reports publishes original research in all areas of the natural and clinical sciences, and Dr Mighall will be serving on the Earth and Environmental Sciences...

A paper authored by Dr Luca De Siena from the School of Geosciences has been recognised by a leading Nature journal as one of its most popular articles of 2017.