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New NERC award for high-resolution regional climate modelling research

Prof Cherith Moses has recently been awarded a NERC High Performance Computing resource allocation for regional climate modelling research.

Research presented at INQUA’s 20th congress in Dublin

Oscar the Woolly Mammoth- this is a replica of the skeleton of Oscar, excavated in 1985

Edge Hill Geography and Geology academics travel to Dublin to present their research at the world renowned INQUA Conference.

Placement provides incentive for Elizabeth

Student - Elizabeth Smith using equipment to take measurements of the rock type she visited.

A work experience opportunity has paid dividends for a Physical Geography and Geology student at Edge Hill University.

Edge Hill alumnus’ dissertation given wider recognition

A photo of the entrance to the Sime Derby Plantation - the world’s largest producer of Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO)

An Edge Hill University Geography graduate has seen his dissertation on palm oil sustainability in south East Asia endorsed through its publication in an internationally-renowned publication.

Coastal sessions at the European Geosciences Union feature in the Commission of Coastal Systems Newsletter

Photo of EGU conveners – Irene Delgado-Fernandez (Edge Hill), Derek Jackson (Ulster), Emilia Guisado-Pintado (Sevilla)

For the third consecutive year, Prof Irene Delgado-Fernandez has co-convened the GM Session on “Coastal Morphodynamics: nearshore, beach and dunes” at the prestigious European Geosciences Union Assembly in Vienna.

Views from our Living Planet

Image of a Giraffe taken in Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Satellite imagery from the European Space Agency’s Sentinels mission is being exploited by researchers at Edge Hill University to explain seasonal trends in savannah vegetation.

Community knowledge sharing event within the Liverpool City Region

Southport Eco Centre building

The Department of Geography and Geology recently participated in the Sefton Launch of the Liverpool City Region ‘Year of Environment 2019’.

NERC Thai coast project reconnaissance fieldwork

Dr Pannee Cheewinsiriwat of Chulalongkorn University, Prof Cherith Moses of EHU, Associate Prof Dr Kanchana Nakhapakorn of Mahidol University and Dr Uma Langkulsen of Thammasat University examine damage caused by storm Pabuk in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province in January of this year.

Prof Cherith Moses recently joined her Thai-coast project team on reconnaissance fieldwork at the project’s two study sites: Nakhon Si Thammarat Province and Krabi Province, both in Southern Thailand.

NERC Thai coast project launch

The project team together with end-users and stakeholders at the launch of the NERC Thai-coast project at Mahidol University, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, March 2019.

Prof Cherith Moses’s new research project, ‘Thai Coast: Coastal Vulnerability, Resilience and Adaptation in Thailand’ was recently launched at a conference held at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand.

Exploring data science research and teaching links with Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan.

In mid-February Prof Cherith Moses welcomed academics from the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), located in the Kansai Science City, close to Osaka and Kyoto in Japan, to the EHU Data Science STEM Research Centre.

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