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Avoiding fossil-fuel “lock-in” could help limit global temperature rise
New research suggests there is a 64% chance of limiting the increase in global average temperatures to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels if fossil fuel infrastructure is immediately phased out.
Academic awarded MBE in New Year's Honours List
Important scientific contributions in the field of meteorology have resulted in a University-based academic being recognised in The Queen’s New Year Honours.
Shooting Gold Grains with Lasers to Find Out Where They Came From
A recently completed study By Rob Chapman and Dave Banks facilitated by a £40k grant from Geoscience BC was the subject of a press release in Vancouver.
Prestigious sedimentology award for Prof Hodgson
Professor David Hodgson has been awarded the British Sedimentological Research Group (BSRG) Perce Allen Award.
Climate change could take us back 50 million years
A recently published paper shows that humans are reversing a long-term cooling trend, which traces back at least 50 million years. And it’s taken just two centuries.