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Department of Earth Sciences

 

Featured projects & research groups

 

Critical Metals Research at Cambridge

At Cambridge, our researchers are engaging with the transition to Net Zero in the form of research into the critical metal resource formation and responsible extraction.


WACSWAIN

Follow the team, led by Professor Eric Wolff, as they drill and analyse ice cores to understand what happened to the West Antarctic ice sheet during the last interglacial period.


nBOSS

Read the latest new from the team, led by Professor Nick Rawlinson, as they use seismology to understand the deep geology and tectonics of northern Borneo.


Deep Earth Seismology Group

Explore the deep Earth with the team, led by Dr Sanne Cottaar, as they use earthquakes to understand Earth's internal structure.


Cambridge Volcano Seismology Group

Discover research from the team, led by Professor Bob White, as they use earthquakes to understand volcanic eruptions.


 

Other groups linked to the Department

Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre

Institute for Energy and Environmental Flows

Cambridge Quaternary Group

Godwin Laboratory for Palaeoclimate Research

Institute of Theoretical Geophysics