Geoscience Postgraduate Research
Our postgraduate degrees give you chance to engage in cutting-edge research. We look at energy and natural resources and biogeochemistry and the environment.
Research strengths
Our research addresses many resources needed to sustain a growing global population. We look to make sure they have the least impact on the environment and sustainability.
We have expertise in analysis of:
- fossil fuels
- geothermal energy
- soil processes
- carbon capture
- organic pollutants
In the oceans, we investigate fundamental processes of gas exchange with the atmosphere. This controls global warming, in the context of global ocean circulation.
We are developing nanoparticles called ‘SmartGates’. They deliver nutrients to microorganisms at the oil spill surface. These stimulate the microbes to clean up the oil more effectively.