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‘The Grandest Views’, a new exhibition opens in Keswick

An exhibition entitled ‘The Grandest Views: Models of Lakeland from Victorian Times to the Present Day’ created by Dr Gary Priestnall from the School of Geography has just opened in Keswick, Cumbria. Displays draw upon an exploration of a set of negative plaster moulds from a large physical landscape model of the Lake District based …

Geog On to Easter

Geog On has been continuing with it’s engaging and entertaining short interviews over the past couple of weeks.  Recentaly Matt has been  discussing global scale biodiversity with Adam Algar and this week he has been chatting with Isla Forsyth about critical military geography. To catch up with our latest offerings either listen via iTunes U or the links below; …

And we think the weather is cold in Nottingham…

We have had an update from our staff currently working on research in Siberia. A new NERC funded project is investigating recent environmental change in the World’s deepest lake, using silicon isotopes. Lake Baikal, which formed over 20 million years ago, is the world’s most voluminous lake, containing c. 20% of its freshwater. This “most …

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A day in the life of a Geographer… Francesca Marriot

Hello, my name is Francesca Marriott and one the mysterious geographers who, for reasons unknown, was not introduced at the start of the ‘A Day in the Life of a Geographer’ blog series. So I shall start off with a little background information about myself.   This is me, Francesca Marriott, and I am a …

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A day in the Life of a Geographer…. Becki Quigley

So, what do Geographer students actually do? Allow me to begin by telling you what we DON’T do. Contrary to popular belief we DON’T spend three hard years at University being taught how to keep inside the lines with our trusty Crayola. We DON’T know where every single country is on a map of the …

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Sarah Metcalfe goes Stateside

I’ve just returned from nearly two months based at the US Geological Survey (USGS) at Menlo Park, south of San Francisco.  I was there to work with Dr. John Barron on the history of the Mexican, or North American, Monsoon which is key to bringing summer rain to much of Mexico and the states of …

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