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Research group nominated in Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards
A world-leading research group based at the University of Aberdeen's School of Geosciences has been nominated as a finalist in the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards, which celebrates the impact of academic and business partnerships.
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Scottish rocks prove 'boring billion' wasn't so boring after all...
Scottish rocks have provided evidence that suggests the possibility of a previously unknown ice age during the planet's evolution.
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Dr Katrin Prager hosts CONTRACTS2.0 meeting
The Horizon 2020-funded CONTRACTS2.0 project combines the expertise of 26 partners across the EU to develop and test innovative agri-environmental contracts. Researchers and practitioners are progressing ideas such as results-based payments for public environmental good, effectively integrating value chain approaches and making the most of collaborative agreements. Dr Katrin Prager...
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Tavis Potts appointed as reviewer for IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
Dr Tavis Potts been appointed as a reviewer for the upcoming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), Working Group II (WGII) Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. The IPCC Working Group II (WGII) assesses the impacts of climate change, from a global to a regional view of ecosystems and...
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Winter Graduations 2019
Congratulations to the Class of 2019!
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Oxygen fluctuations on Mars a mystery for scientists to solve
Over the course of nearly six years, the instrument SAM (Sample Analysis of Mars) at NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover has acquired atmospheric composition measurements of the air of Gale Crater on Mars. The results from the study has been published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. Two of the authors are...
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Human Geography postgraduates attend 27th annual Advanced Research Training in Human Geography event
Firmly established as a key element of formal research training for Human Geography students from across Scotland, the 27th annual Advanced Research Training in Human Geography event was held at Firbush Point Outdoor Activity Centre, Loch Tay 7th – 9th October. The course is designed and delivered by a consortium...
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FORUM: a mission selected by ESA to view the Earth with different eyes
ESA has chosen the Far-infrared-Outgoing-Radiation Understanding and Monitoring (FORUM) mission to be the ninth Earth Explorer mission. FORUM will measure from space, for the first time ever, the radiation emitted from Earth across the entire far-infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum (15-100-micron range, which has never been done from space...
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New volume with contribution from Dr Lorna Philip launched at the 21st Wigtown Book Festival
Dumfries and Galloway People and Place c1700 – 1914, published by Birlinn, was launched at the Wigtown Book Festival – firmly established as one of the UKs premier literary events. Dr Lorna Philip, who contributed a substantive chapter to this volume, attended the sell-out event in the Wigtown County Buildings...
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Senior academic appears on popular Canadian science and technology TV series
A senior academic from the School of Geosciences has appeared in a TV programme exploring water resource issues in the islands of Eastern Canada.