Imperial Earth Science & Engineering

Imperial researchers help unlock Antarctica’s deep past with record-breaking drill into the ice An international team co-led by Imperial College London has obtained the longest ever sediment core from beneath the Antarctic ice – a multimil...

🌊 An international team co-led by ESE at Imperial has obtained the longest ever core of ancient mud and rock from beneath the Antarctic ice – a multimillion-year record that will help predict critical sea level rise in our rapidly warming world!
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❄️ESE-led research is rewriting the history of Antarctica's ancient landscape & revealing insights about the stability of its ice sheets in a warming world.

🧊This comes as the international
@swais2c.bsky.social project (involving Imperial scientists) gets underway
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📢 The network is actively seeking members to keep in touch, participate in workshops, events, and sandpits to push forward and realise these bold ambitions.

✍ To find out more, interested people can sign up to communications here: lnkd.in/eXy2tsgi

New network to use Artificial Intelligence to tackle urban health challenges | Imperial News | Imperial College London With 85% of the UK’s population living in urban areas, the design of our towns and cities directly impacts millions of people every day.

🌱🏙️ A new collaborative network, @ai4urban-health.bsky.social, led by ESE, aims to explore how AI might revolutionise the design & management of urban environments to improve health & sustainability.

Read more: www.imperial.ac.uk/news/271613/...

@bibresearch.bsky.social

🎉 ESE Class of 2025! 🎉

A massive congratulations to our BSc and MSci students, who are graduating today at the Royal Albert Hall!

We are so proud to call you our alumni. Thank you for being part of ESE!

#OurImperial

Environmental lead risk in the 21st century - Communications Earth & Environment Substantial environmental lead contamination continues today contributing to an annual global economic loss exceeding $3.4 trillion through contemporary childhood lead exposure, according to a review of lead sources, possible pathways into the environment, and human exposure in the 21st century.

⚠️ A @nature.com review article led by ESE has concluded that urgent policy intervention is needed to prevent a large-scale resurgence of #lead exposure, with severe economic impact estimates.

Read the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Mine waste shows promise as battery material | Imperial News | Imperial College London Waste mine tailings could be used to produce more sustainable lithium-ion batteries, find researchers at Imperial College London.

🔋 Research by ESE & the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial has found that waste mine tailings (the fine waste material left over from mineral extraction) can be repurposed for #LithiumIonBatteries, with little to no processing required!
⬇️ Read more: www.imperial.ac.uk/news/269113/...

The Early Evolution of a Young Normal Fault in the Aysén Fjord, Chile We apply quantitative fault analysis techniques to ultra high resolution 2D seismic reflection data We constrain the early evolution (initiation, propagation and linkage) of a young ∼13 ka normal...

⛰️ An ESE-led study has reconstructed the early evolution and history of a ‘baby’ normal fault in the Aysen Fjord, Chile (~13,000 years old), using seismic reflection data – holding the potential for better earthquake forecasts on individual faults!
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Signs of recent life on Mars could be detected using new simple test | Imperial News | Imperial College London Scientists reveal simple way to test for life on Mars using kit already on the Curiosity rover

🔎 Detecting signs of recent life on Mars!

🌱 PhD student Solomon Hirsch and Prof Mark Sephton from ESE have discovered a simple and cheap way to test for active life on #Mars and other planets – using an existing instrument on the #CuriosityRover!
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/267393/...

Life's ingredients could have formed near Jupiter | Imperial News | Imperial College London Researchers have proposed that the building blocks of life may have originated in a turbulent region near Jupiter, not exclusively deep out in space.

🚀 A new study led by ESE that analysed the ancient asteroid #Ryugu has proposed that the building blocks of life may have originated in a turbulent region near Jupiter, not exclusively deep out in space.
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/266754/...

⚒️ Our Msc students from Responsible Mining and Metals Finance recently travelled through Sweden and Finland as part of the annual European mines field trip, where they visited projects at various stages from pre-feasibility through to operational!
#FieldTrip #Mining

🏆 A team led by a Jordan Stone, a PhD student at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, have received this year’s Schweickart Prize!

☄️Congratulations to Jordan and team for winning this coveted award established to enhance protection efforts against asteroid impacts!
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/265593/...

👩‍🔬 It's International Women in Engineering Day! ⚒️

💬 ESE MSc Applied Computational Science and Engineering student, Tyana Tshiota, spoke about the importance of #IWEID2025 and shared her advice for young aspiring engineers!

👉 Check out Tyana's profile in full: blogs.imperial.ac.uk/earth-scienc...

🏅 Congratulations to ESE's Professor Jenny Collier, who this week was awarded the prestigious Murchison Medal of @geolsoc.bsky.social for significant contribution to 'hard' rock studies! ⛰️

👉 Read more about Professor Collier's career & achievements: www.imperial.ac.uk/news/265033/...

🎉Congratulations to our brilliant 2025 cohort of ESE postgrads who graduated today from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, at the stunning Royal Albert Hall! 🧑‍🎓

#OurImperial #Graduation #Graduation2025