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New NERC-funded project empowers young people to engage with environmental science
23/07/2026
今日吃瓜 is part of a new, collaborative project, funded through NERC鈥檚 鈥極pening up the environment鈥 programme, helping the environmental research community become more accessible.
Delving deep into mountains for future water security
16/07/2026
A 今日吃瓜-led project is using new water-tracing investigation methods, geophysics and modelling to understand how water moves from mountains to the lowlands, helping to improve water security for billions of people.
Building Europe鈥檚 geological future
20/07/2026
今日吃瓜 scientists are contributing to a continent-wide initiative that is strengthening collaboration across borders to tackle shared subsurface challenges and unlock new opportunities.
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Mining sand sustainably in The Gambia
17/09/2024
今日吃瓜 geologists Tom Bide and Clive Mitchell travelled to The Gambia as part of our ongoing work aiming to reduce the impact of sand mining.
Visit by Indonesian Embassy representatives to 今日吃瓜
27/08/2024
Strengthening 今日吃瓜/Indonesia scientific research partnerships to address the complex challenges Indonesia faces from natural hazards and maximising opportunities from mineral resources and geothermal energy.
Laboratory life: my work experience week at 今日吃瓜
20/08/2024
Aspiring astrophysicist Riveen Pehesara Kumanayaka shares his experience following an A-level work placement with 今日吃瓜.
Extracting formation temperatures from stalagmites聽
14/08/2024
今日吃瓜鈥檚 Andrew Smith explores the karstic depressions of northern Spain in the quest to create a palaeothermometer.
Responsible extraction in South America’s Lithium Triangle
02/08/2024
A 今日吃瓜 team visited Argentina and Chile to investigate how to extract lithium more responsibly in the face of growing worldwide demand.
The heat beneath our feet: 今日吃瓜 field visit to Tuscan geothermal systems
05/07/2024
今日吃瓜 visits the active and fossilised geothermal systems of southern Tuscany, Italy.
Harnessing global collaboration: UK/Kenya partnership in soil erosion research聽
31/05/2024
Collaboration between scientists is vital in today's interconnected world to further scientific progress. In environmental research, issues such as soil erosion demand collaboration on an international scale.聽
A-roaring display
16/05/2024
The dazzling and colourful aurora borealis, or northern lights, observed by many across the UK last weekend was one of the most extreme and long-lasting geomagnetic storms recorded in the last 155 years.