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• Geological Society of London honour for geology professor

  Date: 30 Jan 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/geological-society-of-london-honour-for-geology-professor

  Jan Zalasiewicz (pictured), Professor of Palaeobiology at our School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, has been awarded the Prestwich...

• University graduate involved in discovery of rare 450 million yearold coneshaped fossil

  Date: 23 Jan 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/university-graduate-involved-in-discovery-of-rare-450-million-year-old-2018cone-shaped2019-fossil

  Researchers from our University, working with an international team of geologists, have discovered an enigmatic fossil of a 450 million year-old...

• Scientists home in on a potential Anthropocene Golden Spike in new research

  Date: 4 Jan 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/scientists-home-in-on-a-potential-anthropocene-2018golden-spike2019-in-new-research

  The international working group, which includes geologists Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams and Colin Waters, from our School of Geography, Geology...

• New research blows the lid on volcanic activity

  Date: 11 Dec 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/new-research-blows-the-lid-on-volcanic-activity

  Geologists from our University have been unravelling an age-old geological story.

• Leicester mathematicians working with geoscientists from Weatherford give the possibility to see structures deeply in the Earth

  Date: 29 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-mathematicians-working-with-geoscientists-from-weatherford-give-the-possibility-to-see-structures-deeply-in-the-earth

  Mathematicians from our Department of Mathematics and geologists from Weatherford, which provides technologies and services to the oil and gas...

• Anthropocene book series launches in Croatia with book on the far-future Earth by Leicester geologist

  Date: 20 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/anthropocene-book-series-launches-in-croatia-with-book-on-the-far-future-earth-by-leicester-geologist

  A new book series titled ‘Anthropocene’ has just been launched by Croatia’s leading academic book publisher Skolska knjiga, with the first title...

• University data allows members of the public to search for land use in their area of the UK based on postcode

  Date: 9 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/university-data-allows-members-of-the-public-to-search-for-land-use-in-their-area-of-the-uk-based-on-postcode

  For the first time, members of the public can now search for how the land is used in their local area of the United Kingdom based on their...

• New research highlights how environment plays key role in changing movement behaviour of animals

  Date: 27 Oct 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/new-research-highlights-how-environment-plays-key-role-in-changing-movement-behaviour-of-animals

  Researchers from our Department of Mathematics have developed a theory which explains how small animals, such as bats, insects and birds, adjust...

• Scientist discusses global environmental issues at Sultans banquet

  Date: 23 Oct 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/scientist-discusses-global-environmental-issues-at-sultan2019s-banquet

  Professor Jan Zalasiewicz (pictured) from our School of Geography, Geology and the Environment recently spoke at a banquet in Frankfurt held by...

• Six degrees of separation why it is a small world after all

  Date: 19 Oct 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/six-degrees-of-separation-why-it-is-a-small-world-after-all

  It’s a small world after all – and now science has explained why.