Bristol academic elected to presidency of geosciences union
Professor Jonathan Bamber, from the University of Bristol’s School of Geographical Sciences, has just been elected as the new President of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) from 2017.
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Novel UAV technology for atmospheric research
A team of scientists and engineers sampling greenhouse gases in the remote South Atlantic have pushed the boundaries of what’s possible with lightweight fully autonomous UAV (unmanned aerial vehicles) by flying octocopters at altitudes of up to 9,000ft.
A welfare-building nation changes its mind
The public’s view on work and welfare in Britain has shifted fundamentally in the past 30 years, new research has revealed.
Bamber Glacier named for Bristol Professor on 200th anniversary of Antarctica’s discovery
The Government of the British Antarctic Territory has marked the 200th anniversary of the discovery of the frozen continent with the announcement of 28 new place names in the Territory – one of which, the Bamber Glacier, is named for University of Bristol Professor, Jonathan Bamber.
Sampling the ‘grounding zone’ in Antarctica
Using a specially designed hot-water drill to cleanly bore through a half mile of ice, a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded team of researchers, including Professor Martyn Tranter of the University of Bristol, has become the first ever to reach and sample the ‘grounding zone’, where Antarctic ice, land and sea all converge.
Fossilised palm leaves give new insights into the geographical landscape of prehistoric central Tibet
A team of scientists from the UK and China have uncovered new evidence, using recently-discovered 25-million-year-old fossilised palm leaves, that Tibet’s geography was not as ‘high and dry’ as previously thought.
Dinosaurs were thriving before asteroid strike that wiped them out
Dinosaurs were unaffected by long-term climate changes and flourished before their sudden demise by asteroid strike, new research, co-authored by the University of Bristol, has found.
Bristol team battle it out in University Challenge quarter finals
The University of Bristol’s journey on University Challenge continues tonight [19 January], when its team goes head-to-head with the University of Liverpool in the quarter finals.
Academy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges partners with Bristol on environmental education programme
Academy Award-winning actor and producer Jeff Bridges has partnered with the University of Bristol’s Cabot Institute for the Environment to produce a short film as part of his new educational programme around climate change.
Bristol academics receive Wolfson Research Merit Awards
Two Bristol academics are among the 19 new Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holders.