School of Earth and Environment

Postgraduate Virtual Open Days

Join us from 30 November to 5 December for our Postgraduate Virtual Open Days experience

Masters student in the School of Earth and Environment

Predicting tornadoes on UK cold fronts

A new tool can help forecasters to more accurately predict when a tornado is likely to hit the UK.

A fallen tree which has been snapped in half by a tornado.

Environmental challenges

Explore how human society interacts with the natural world, through this flexible program of online courses

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Postgraduate Virtual Open Days
Our latest research
Environmental challenges

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13th

in the world for Geology and Geophysics

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020

90%

of our research is

'world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent' REF 2014

24th

in the world for Atmospheric Science

ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020

Research and innovation

We are a major international powerhouse for environmental research that has wide-ranging and positive impacts on the world that we live in. Our research is carried out within five institutes which represent our core research areas, but much of our work is cross-cutting, tackling complex global challenges.