Find out about Geo Careers
Wondering whether you would like a geoscience/ geo-engineering career or perhaps you are thinking about a change in career. Find out more here with links to interviews and talks about different opportunities to work in […]
Research
New_ HSE Research Report 1113- review of Vapour Cloud Explosion (VCE) Incidents
This report was jointly commissioned by the US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administ ration (PHMSA) and the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE). It based on the review of 24 major VCE incidents focussing […]
Gas Works Sites, don’t be caught out…
…..by thinking such sites only occur in large towns. In fact gas works site are extremely common across the UK and sometimes identified in some suprising locations. If you are still referring to the old […]
UXO and the Construction Cycle
Despite more than seventy years passing since the UK was a target for mass bombing raids, not a month seems to go by without another story of UXO being discovered . ‘Undetonated bombs from World […]
Emerging Contaminants and Persistence
Persistence, according to the guidelines of the Stockholm Convention, is evident where, chemicals have a half-life in the aquatic environment of over two months (i.e. it takes over two months for the chemical to break […]
Environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring outperforms traditional survey techniques
Fish are sensitive indicators of water quality and their assessment is an important part of water management. However traditional methods of surveying by netting are costly and can cause the fish harm. The Environment Agency […]
Research Theme – Should we still be logging boreholes using the Human Eye?
A question posed by the Andy Gibson ( Director of the Centre for Applied Geoscience Research, University of Porstmouth) at their first industry workshop exploring their current research looking at the ” Rapid Characterisation of […]
Research_ Rock Mechanics:Hydro-fracture in the laboratory and its use in linking permeable fracture networks to seismic data
With the UK government’s belief that shale gas has the potential to provide the UK with greater energy security, growth and jobs there is both increasing interest in exploitation and concern over the potential resulting […]
Should we be worried about Nanotechnology?
A question that continues to be asked and probably needs to asked given the fact that different environmental conditions may result in unexpected outcomes with the respect to the fate of potential contaminants. The University […]
Delays, disruption, weather and climate change – keeping our rail network running
Increasingly we are seeing our National Rail Network under pressure from extreme weather events, and many of us, as recently as last month, were affected by delays and cancellations as result of flooding of lines […]