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Coral time machines reveal ancient CO2 burps

Coral time machines reveal ancient CO2 burps

Dr James Rae, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, St Andrews, Prof Laura Robinson, Durham (lead) and Dr Tao Li, Nanjing carry out research into fossilised remains of ancient deep-sea corals.

Congratulations James Rae!

Congratulations James Rae!

A big congratulations to Dr James Rae who has just been awarded membership to the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Young Academy of Science (YAS).

Welcome to Tobias Mattsson!

Welcome to Tobias Mattsson!

Tobias will be joining the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences for two years as a Swedish Research Council Internalional Postdoc.

Ammonium fertilised early life on Earth

Ammonium fertilised early life on Earth

A team of international scientists, led by the University of St Andrews (Dr Aubrey Zerkle, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences), has demonstrated a new source of food for early life on the planet.