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research article received 1,150 article views in 2018, placing it as one of the top 100 read Earth science papers for Scientific Reports in 2018.

Dr Sharon George interviewed live on BBC Radio 4's PM programme

A study has examined a 2000-year history of greenhouse gases in the world’s atmosphere, providing key data for taking action to tackle climate change.

Sharon George, Lecturer in Environmental Science, Keele University and Carolyn Roberts, Entrepreneur in Residence, Mercia Centre for Innovation Leadership write for The Comversation UK.

Criminal Police investigations use geoscience investigations to assist them to better understand how to locate and characterise illegally dumped waste

GGE launch an Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme

Sharon George and Deirdre McKay write for The Conversation UK.

Adam Moolna writes for The Conversation UK.

IS-EPOS Platform Training took place as a Workshop at Keele University on 10 January 2019

Special Issue of Geological Magazine has been published, edited by Dr Guido Meinhold, Lecturer in Geology at Keele University.

Clare Holdsworth, Professor of Social Geography, writes for The Conversation UK.

GGE postgrad Ben wins BGA award

Sharon George writes for The Conversation UK.

GGE's own Zoe Robinson has been promoted to Professor, and congratulations from all to Zoe in what is an exceptionally well deserved promotion.

Dr Jamie Pringle (GGE) has just returned from a 2-day joint Near-Surface Geophysics and Forensic Geoscience Special Interest Group Conference

Geoscientists from Keele University have been working with the police to assist with the investigation of environmental crimes, such as illegal waste dumps.

Sharon George, Keele University and Matt Edgeworth, University of Leicester write for The Conversation UK.

Ben Davenward, GGE PhD, has been competitively awarded the 2018 Postgraduate Fieldwork Fund from the Near-Surface Geophysics Group

A public outreach 'Scientific Legacy of WW1' event was held on Saturday 15th September

Dr Deirdre McKay has been elected as Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Studies in the UK.

Peter Styles, Professor Emeritus in Geophysics and Jamie Pringle, Senior Lecturer in Engineering and Environmental Geosciences write for The Conversation UK.

Rebecca Laycock Pedersen, Keele University and David P. M. Lam, Leuphana University write for The Conversation UK.

New research has found that changes in North Atlantic Ocean circulation at the end of the last ice age triggered a considerable increase in Greenland Ice Sheet melt.

Keele University scientists have discovered a road created by the Knights Templar after the recent heatwave exposed the long-hidden foundations.

Sharon George, Keele University, writes for The Conversation UK.

Richard Waller visits the Garvellach islands in Western Scotland.

Jamie Pringle and team involved in Channel 4 collaboration on the Black Death.

Best poster for MSc Geoscience Research student, Anna-Marie Jones

Keele Excellence Award for Cerys!

Professor Emeritus of Geophysics, Peter Styles has compiled a report on fracking and its relationship to historic coal mining which has been delivered to Parliament.

Ashley Murphy, PhD Researcher writes for The Conversation UK.

Dr Alix Cage at The Arctic University of Norway.

A study by an international research team, co-authored by Keele's Dr Ralf Gertisser, shows how Santorini looked like before the Minoan eruption.

Dr Ian Oliver has a week-long Erasmus+ visit to University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland, for a teaching and research exchange.

The international team of geoscientists including GGE's Dr Ralf Halama, investigated metamorphic rocks that act as recorders of processes deep down in the Earth’s interior.

Alexandre Nobajas, Lecturer in Human Geography and GIS writes for The Conversation UK.

Sharon George, Lecturer in Environmental Science writes for The Conversation UK.

Sharon George and Deirdre McKay write for The Conversation UK.

Alexandre Nobajas, Lecturer in Human Geography and GIS writes for The Conversation UK.

NERC-funded 'Industrial Geophysics Course for Environmental Scientists' runs at Keele in January

An international research team, including Professor Christopher Fogwill from Keele University, has pinpointed a new geological age, the Anthropocene.

Daniel Allen, Animal Geographer, Keele University writes for The Conversation UK.

Dr Guido Meinhold co-authored a study which presents the first findings of coesite (high-pressure polymorph of silica) inclusions in detrital mineral grains.

Dr Deirdre McKay and Dr Eva Giraud wrote for The Conversation UK.

Dave Emley, of the School of Geology, Geography and the Environment, received an Honorary Doctorate from the University at the Awards Ceremony on January 18th.

Dr Sharon George and Dr Deirdre McKay write for The Conversation UK.

Daniel Allen, Animal Geographer writes for The Conversation UK.

Ralf Gertisser, Senior Lecturer in Mineralogy and Petrology, Keele University; Katie Preece, Research Associate in Volcanology, University of Glasgow, and Sylvain Charbonnier, Assistant Professor in Volcanology, University of South Florida write for The Conversation UK.