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Anne Brontë was a rock star
She's renowned as a novelist and one of the three famous sisters, but a detailed scientific analysis of Anne Brontë's collection of stones has revealed her to be a skilled collector with an active interest in geology.
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IsleHoliday - a new initiative for rural tourism
Kirsten Gow and Lorna Philip's contribution to Geography Directions reports how concerns over the impact of tourism in economically fragile rural areas of Scotland has led to the development of a new initiative designed to help island communities gain more value from tourism in their area.
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Fully funded PhD opportunity to explore intergenerational communication
Funding is available to support an interdisciplinary PhD which will explore intergenerational communication.
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MSc Sustainability Transitions students are helping the University to become more sustainable
MSc students took part in a catering workshop to review and redevelop the University of Aberdeen's sustainable food policy, addressing various issues such as menus and ingredients, waste and plastics, and communication of sustainable practices.
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Fundraising campaign launched to restore and display newly-discovered Pictish stone
A fundraising campaign has been launched to conserve a newly discovered rare Pictish symbol stone and to fund its future redisplay.
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Centre of Energy Transition Director welcomes new UK energy strategy
Professor John Underhill, Director of the University of Aberdeen's Centre of Energy Transition, has welcomed the publication of a new energy strategy for the UK.
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Falkland Island peatlands as a mirror to understand future European peatlands
In order to understand how carbon accumulation in Northern Hemisphere peatlands may likely change in the future, it is useful to look at how carbon accumulation varies in modern day 'extreme' ('dry') peatlands located in the Falkland Islands.
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Investigating cascading nature of ice avalanches in high mountains
Dr. Anshuman Bhardwaj and Dr. Lydia Sam at the Geography Department of the University of Aberdeen led a study that showed how satellite images could help investigate and understand flow and cascading nature of ice avalanches in high-mountain areas.
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A week in the life of MSc Sustainability Transitions students
What a week for our MSc Sustainability Transitions students! While the students have already started working on their individual projects/dissertations, the programme continues to be filled with various additional learning opportunities for the future sustainability leaders.
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University brings key energy players together to map out just transition
Delivering a just transition to net zero in Europe's energy capital will come under the spotlight later this month when the University of Aberdeen brings academia, industry leaders, policy and third sector organisations together to debate the key issues.