Geography, geology and environment at Brighton

Chloe by river

Chloe’s journey from Geography BSc to PhD

Hi I’m Chloe and in 2019 I graduated from Brighton with a first class Geography BSc(Hons) degree. I am now studying for a PhD at the University of Hull looking at the impact of natural flood management techniques on rivers. I look specifically at leaky woody dams which, at their most basic, are piles of…

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Laura Ruby • October 27, 2020

Annie in Westminster

Brighton researcher claims European Geosciences Union prize

Dr Annie Ockelford has been recognised for bringing geoscience to a wider audience by Europe’s leading organisation for Earth, planetary and space science research. Dr Ockelford, a geomorphologist  who specialises in the study of rivers, including flooding and microplastics, has received the Katia and Maurice Krafft Award by the European Geosciences Union (EGU), which has…

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Laura Ruby • October 27, 2020

Could a reduction of nitrogen oxide emissions cause other problems?

Research involving the University of Brighton during COVID-19 lockdown claims that while some harmful pollutants declined, others were able to thrive. The research, led by Dr Kevin Wyche, Principal Lecturer in Atmospheric Science, found that a reduction of vehicles on the road during UK lockdown led to a reduction in the levels of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in…

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Stephanie Thomson • October 20, 2020

Prehistoric Cannibalism: Calories or Culture?

Dr James Cole delivered an absorbing lecture for Speaking Archaeologically, an archaeological education group based in India. Watch part one of the lecture here, and part two here Part 1 Part 2  

Laura Ruby • October 12, 2020

SET Seminar Series – Thursday 22 October at 13.00 hours – Origins of the Giant Sarsen Stones at Stonehenge

Join this virtual seminar via Teams Use code w3041p9 to join

Suzanne Armsden • October 9, 2020

SET Seminar 27 October 2020 Dr Carl Bonner-Thompson Visceral Geographies of Grindr: negotiating shame and intimacy

Suzanne Armsden • October 9, 2020

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