Ken McCaffrey

Following last week's field trip, our geochemists were joined by the 3rd year students! They worked on a cross-section through the Alps in Italy and Switzerland as part of their module on Metamorphic Petrology! 🗻🏞️

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Congratulations👏🏼 to University spin-out company Geoptic for receiving a prestigious King's Award for Enterprise.

In recognition of their pioneering approach to assessing the safety of railway tunnels based on research from our Departments of Earth Sciences and Physics.

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Professor Jon Gluyas from our @durhamearthsci.bsky.social is championing the future of sustainable energy.

He is dedicated to finding #geoenergy solutions that could transform how we power our world. 🌍

Find out more about his groundbreaking work 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

Huge congratulations to our @richardjbrown.bsky.social and David Selby on their @geolsoc.bsky.social awards!
Dr Richard Brown will be awarded the Dewey Medal and Professor David Selby is this year’s recipient of the William Smith Medal. Learn more: www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

Many congratulations to our Andrew Valentine (@apvalentine.bsky.social) on the award of the Royal Astronomical Society's Harold Jefferys Lectureship! A wonderful and well-deserved achievement!
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Good news for future environmental / geoscience research at Durham University:

Investing in the next generation of environmental researchers - Durham University
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Earth in progress: colourful continents start to emerge on the painted globe. Great job Durham Earth Sciences staff and students!

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It’s great to have so many new followers! We would love it if you introduced yourselves and let us know your interest in Earth and environmental sciences!

A panel-led discussion on skills and knowledge development at the NE Future Resources conference in the historic The Common Room in Newcastle

Well done Ella Richmond, our PhD student on a panel at the NE Future Resources Conference 2024 in The Common Room, Newcastle #durhamearthsciences

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Come work with us in the Durham Geochemistry Centre as an Isotope Lab Technician -- permanent position with many roles, but primarily supporting cleanlab and mass-spec (MC-ICP-MS & TIMS) users. Feel free to reach out with any questions!

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Amazing day with our new Level 1 students exploring the North Pennines AONB including the Whin Sill at Low Force and Carboniferous limestone at Summerhill Force (Gibson’s Cave). Hopefully they’ve come away with new friends and an appreciation of how our Earth influences our environment and economy.

Yes - indeed the very place - spectacular exposures👍

Students on beach at Clachtoll, NW Scotland in bright sunshine

Even better today at Clachtoll

NW Scotland in sunshine - group of students studying an outcrop

Durham Uni Students mapping geology in NW Scotland

Student mapping with view of Loch Assynt in the background

Students on top of small hill with Connival in the background

Sunshine and amazing geology on our 2nd year trip to Assynt, NW Scotland. @DurUniEarthSci @durham_uni #geology @durhamearthsci.bsky.social

Important article published by our Jenny Jenkins asking 'Why aren't students signing up to study geophysics? Are they unaware of how in-demand it is? Or are they just too cool for geophysics school?'. Published in Astronomy & Geophysics.
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Does this machine learning model predict large earthquakes? Maybe not. We examine a new earthquake paper in Nature Communications.

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In a recent paper in Nature Communications, Dr. Társilo Girona and Dr. Kyriaki Drymoni claim that their machine learning algorithm can predict upcoming large earthquakes.

We tested the method, and found that it does not work.

Read more on our blog.

Student on coast in Scotland clustered around a rocky outcrop

A group photo of students on the beach in NW Scotland.

A Panoramic view of a white sandy beach in NW Scotland

Our 2nd years in NW Scotland this week learning mapping skills. Fantastic weather - although chilly wind

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Great postTSG field trip to the Fife coast today. Thanks to Will McCarthy and the other organisers for a great meeting.

Yes - sure is. We - well Phoebe ! mapped the complex across thousands of helicopter photos - will be part of 2 new 1:100k map sheets out next year. Exciting! I honestly think the maps couldn’t have been produced any other way. Too expensive to map it all on the ground.

I recognise that room! Spent many hours in there with Phoebe Sleath using their 3D photogrammetry for her MSc on the Prøven igneous complex