
Geothermal energy solutions
Distributed energy – the case for geothermal Dr Tim Raub and Dr Richard Bates School of Earth and Environmental Sciences The developing world faces an energy crisis in order to sustainably grow. The developed world…
Distributed energy – the case for geothermal Dr Tim Raub and Dr Richard Bates School of Earth and Environmental Sciences The developing world faces an energy crisis in order to sustainably grow. The developed world…
Enhancement of low-cost organic solar cells by plasmonic structures for application and manufacturing in developing countries Dr Lethy Jagadamma and Prof. Ifor Samuel School of Physics and Astronomy Today’s major…
Dr Claire Cousins from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DEES) was recently awarded four research projects, totalling a value of £422K, funded by the UK Space Agency as part of their ongoing ‘Aurora’…
The geological record offers an invaluable window into the different ways earth’s climate can operate. The most recent major changes in earth’s climate, prior to modern climate change, were the Pleistocene ice ages.…
High on mountains across Alaska, Canada, Europe and Russia near the upper or high latitude tree line, even the hardiest of conifers are at the edge of survival. Their annual rings tell a story of extreme cold that…
St Andrews Researcher, Dr Rob Wilson (Senior Lecturer, Department of Earth and Environment Sciences), is involved in an international collaboration led by Professor Edward Cook at Columbia University using tree rings…
One in two smokers will succumb to a smoking-related disease and one billion deaths in the 21st century will be attributable to smoking. The World Health Organisation (WHO) is responding to this global epidemic with a…
Public need for better methods to monitor, manage and protect international marine assets has motivated sonar methodologies research by Dr Richard Bates, of the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, and…
Scientists have long puzzled over the processes that caused CO2 to rise and help end the last ice age. Leading theories have involved increased CO2 release from the deep ocean around Antarctica, but there has been no…
The South Asian summer monsoon (SASM) is a major atmospheric synoptic climate system affecting nearly a quarter of the human population. Dr Rob Wilson, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, with co-authors…