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June GeoRoundUp: the best of the Earth sciences from around the web

Laura Roberts-Artal June 30, 2017

Drawing inspiration from popular stories on our social media channels, as well as unique and quirky research news, this monthly column aims to bring you the best of the Earth and planetary sciences from around the web. Major Story With June being the month when the world’s oceans are celebrated with World Ocean Day (8th …[Read More]

GeoTalk: Investigating the transport of plastic pollution in the oceans

Laura Roberts-Artal September 23, 2016

Geotalk is a regular feature highlighting early career researchers and their work. In this interview we speak to Erik van Sebille, an oceanographer at the Grantham Institute at Imperial Collage London, and winner of the 2016 OS Outstanding Young Scientist Award. As an expert in understanding how oceans transport all kinds of materials, from water …[Read More]