Arctic Ocean Freshwater Increase.
Katharine Giles and colleagues have discovered that the freshwater stored in the
western Arctic Ocean has increased by 8000 km3 between the 1990s and
2010 by looking at changes in the sea surface height measured by the
European Space Agency Satellites ERS-2 and Envisat.
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Arctic Ocean Freshwater Increase.
Katharine Giles and colleagues have discovered that the freshwater stored in the
western Arctic Ocean has increased by 8000 km3 between the 1990s and
2010 by looking at changes in the sea surface height measured by the
European Space Agency Satellites ERS-2 and Envisat.
More...
Published: Jan 25, 2012 2:30:50 PM
MolTenEarth Project
The goal of the MolTenEarth is to predict the material behavior of fluid silicates that drove the evolution of the magma ocean, the formation of the first atmosphere, and reaction with the core.
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Published: Nov 24, 2011 11:30:00 AM
Duncan Wingham appointed new Chief Executive of NERC.
Business Secretary Vince Cable today announced the appointment of Professor Duncan Wingham as Chief Executive of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). More...
Published: Nov 22, 2011 11:49:00 AM
Research Studentships 2012
The 2012 PhD topics are now available for competitive application. All studentships are eligible for support by research council quota awards, and in some cases by alternative funding arrangements.
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Published: Nov 20, 2011 2:40:00 PM
Steve Edwards - Knowledge Transfer and Enterprise Champion for 2012
Dr Steve
Edwards of the Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Centre research group has been appointed a UCL Knowledge Transfer and Enterprise Champion for 2012. More...
Published: Nov 19, 2011 12:48:00 PM
IPCC Report Warns of More Extreme Events.
Professor Bill McGuire is a contributing author of the new IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX), launched on November 18th.
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Published: Nov 18, 2011 2:11:00 PM
The History of Research on Neoproterozoic Glaciations.
As chair of UNESCO-IUGS International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) project 512, Graham Shields-Zhou is the co-editor of a new book presenting the latest research on extreme climate change during the Neoproterozoic Era.
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Published: Nov 2, 2011 1:26:00 PM
PhD Viva: Sami Mikhail
Congratulations to Sami Mikhail on completion of his PhD with a thesis entitled “Stable isotope fractionation during diamond growth and the ’s deep carbon cycle”. (UCL supervisor: Dr Adrian P Jones, external supervisor: Dr Sasha Verchovsky, Open University and industrial supervisor: Dr Simon Lawson at DTC). Viva internal examiner: Prof Hilary Downes (Professor of Geochemistry, Birkbeck College) and external examiner: Prof Monica Grady (Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at the Open University).
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Published: Oct 15, 2011 2:19:00 PM
Eruption at El Hierro Forecast by ABUHC.
On 22 September 2011, the Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Centre (ABUHC) warned that a volcanic eruption could occur during the first fortnight of October at El Hierro, the most westerly of the volcanic Canary Islands (Fig. 1). On 10 October, a submarine eruption was announced just off the south coast of the island. The eruption was confirmed on 15 October by the appearance of steaming volcanic rock floating offshore (Fig. 2). The successful forecast was based on ABUHC research into how local earthquakes and stretching of the ground can be used to forecast the approach of molten rock, or magma, to the Earth’s surface.
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Published: Oct 1, 2011 2:05:00 PM
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