The school is recognised as one of the UK’s most prominent centres for international research excellence and provides a dynamic, intellectually-stimulating environment. Our researchers are renowned as world-leaders in volcanology, isotope geochemistry, palaeobiology, experimental petrology and seismology.
Staff in the School of Earth Sciences are also involved in some of the University's interdisciplinary research groups including:
We are home to state-of-the-art laboratories capable of simulating temperature and pressure conditions at hundreds of kilometres deep within our planet; recreating conditions in ancient oceans and atmospheres; enabling us to understand the cycling of carbon in the environment and to investigate the evolution of life on Earth.
75% of our research activity is considered to be in the top two categories: world-leading (4*) and internationally excellent (3*).
Results are from the most recent UK-wide assessment of research quality, conducted by the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
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Environmental Change: past and present
Evolution and Architecture of the Solid Earth and Planets
Evolution of Biodiversity and Morphology
Geological Hazards and Risk
Reservoirs and Resources
Bristol Experimental Earth Studies Group
Climate and Environmental Change
Geochemistry
Geophysics
Palaeobiology and Biodiversity
Volcanology
Bristol Isotope Group
Bristol Environmental Risk Research Centre (BRISK)
Bristol Biogeochemistry Research Centre
The Cabot Institute
Centre for Environmental and Geophysical Flows