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• Research finds Earths technosphere now weighs 30 trillion tons

  Date: 30 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/research-finds-earths-2018technosphere2019-now-weighs-30-trillion-tons

  An international team led by our geologists has made the first estimate of the sheer size of the physical structure of the planet’s technosphere –...

• Chicxulub crater study suggests asteroid impacts could create habitats for life

  Date: 17 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/chicxulub-crater-study-suggests-asteroid-impacts-could-create-habitats

  Scientists studying a 65-million-year old crater in the Gulf of Mexico, caused by an asteroid impact, claim it could have provided a habitat for...

• Leicester geologist contributes to major project examining the technosphere

  Date: 4 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/leicester-geologist-contributes-to-major-project-examining-the-2018technosphere2019

  Professor Jan Zalasiewicz from our Department of Geology is working with artist Anne-Sophie Milon on a new project examining the ‘technosphere’...

• PhD student receives prestigious research grant

  Date: 2 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/phd-student-receives-prestigious-research-grant

  A PhD student has been awarded funding to investigate the ‘fingerprint’ of organic matter in the Carboniferous Bowland Shale.

• Department of Geology to host Palaeontology conference

  Date: 13 Oct 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/department-of-geology-to-host-palaeontology-conference

  The University's Department of Geology Palaeobiology Research Group has announced it will host the early career researchers’ conference...

• One hundred Leicester academics writing articles for The Conversation

  Date: 29 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/one-hundred-leicester-academics-now-writing-articles-for-the-conversation

  One hundred academics from across our University have written more than 180 articles for The Conversation, applying their research expertise to...

• The Bulletin Leicester researchers search for new epoch signal

  Date: 24 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/the-bulletin-2013-leicester-researchers-search-for-new-epoch-signal

  In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre: Leicester researchers involved in hunt for 'golden spike' that...

• Leicester researchers involved in hunt for golden spike that signalled new epoch

  Date: 19 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/leicester-researchers-involved-in-hunt-for-golden-spike-that-signalled-new-epoch

  Geologists - including Professor Jan Zalasiewicz and Dr Colin Waters from the Department of Geology - are on the hunt for the 'golden spike' that...

• The Bulletin Leicester satellite experts to help farmers fertilise

  Date: 11 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/the-bulletin-2013-leicester-satellite-experts-to-help-farmers-fertilise

  In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre: Leicester satellite experts to help farmers improve fertiliser...

• Are we entering a new age

  Date: 5 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/are-we-entering-a-new-age

  Professor Jan Zalasiewicz (pictured) from the Department of Geology has been interviewed by Academic Minute discussing the Anthropocene and...