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Carrie Soderman is a third-year PhD student in Geochemistry at the Department of Earth Sciences. Usually, Carrie can be found researching mantle plumes and experimenting on isotopes in the clean lab. But earlier this year Carrie decided to take some time to undertake an internship with the Environmental Audit Committee , a...

Just hours after Dan Roberts, Masters student at Cambridge Earth Sciences, handed in his dissertation on the seismicity of Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, the volcano in his study area erupted… Dan’s Master’s project used Cambridge-developed software to accurately map out earthquake tremors in the Reykjanes Peninsula – where...

Dr Ed Tipper has been awarded the prestigious Pilkington Prize in recognition of his teaching excellence. Dr Tipper, who is Lecturer in Earth Sciences and Director of Studies at St John's, said: “I’m absolutely delighted to receive this award. There’s nothing more rewarding than managing to inspire the next generation...

The University of Cambridge is creating a new research initiative, bringing together physicists, chemists, biologists, earth scientists and mathematicians to answer fundamental questions on the origin and nature of life in the Universe. Led by 2019 Physics Nobel Laureate Professor Didier Queloz , the Cambridge Initiative...