Earth Science and Engineering

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Earth Science and Engineering episodes:

09.25.2015
Greenhouse gas emissions from the natural gas supply chain
What is our current understanding of greenhouse gas emissions released during the production of natural gas? How can we reduce these emissions? Dr Paul Balcombe discusses the context for the Sustainable Gas Institute's first White Paper.
07.23.2015
Professor Lidija Zdravkovic - Advanced geomechanics: hot, dehydrated and shaken
Professor Lidija Zdravkovic delivers her inaugural lecture on computationally modelling soils under extreme conditions to overcome our key geotechnical engineering challenges.
07.03.2015
Sustainable Gas Institute Annual Lecture 2015 - Dr David Allen
This is the first annual lecture by the Sustainable Gas Institute from Dr David Allen, a chemical engineer at the University of Texas at Austin. Title: 'Increased Natural Gas Production, Methane Emissions and Change, A US Perspective'.
06.03.2015
Parasite mystery
Pentastomids, which live inside vertebrates, have been around for much longer than their hosts – so how did they live before? Dr Mark Sutton explains the latest findings. (Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 3 June 2015)
05.13.2015
When sponges ruled the Earth
Naomi Jordan explains what newly found fossils tell us about the creatures that dominated in the Ordovician period, 480 million years ago. (Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 13 May 2015)
04.22.2015
Expedition to sample the Chicxulub crater
Dr Joanna Morgan is part of an international team that will drill into the seabed off the coast of Mexico to take samples from the crater of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. (Extract 4 of 4 from the...
12.02.2014
Earth’s unloved neighbour
Dr Richard Ghail and Dr Philippa Mason make the case for further exploration of Venus and outline their plans for a new mission. (Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 3 December 2014)
02.04.2014
Explosive eruptions
Dr James Hammond tells us about a recent trip to a volcano in North Korea which was responsible for one of the largest eruptions in the last 2000 years. (Extract 4 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 5 February...
01.15.2014
From lab to legislature
James Hammond and Stepan Lucyszyn spent a week in Westminster as part of the Royal Society’s pairing scheme. (Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 15 January 2014)
12.10.2013
Braced for impact
Dr Matthew Genge explains how astronomers monitor the sky for objects like the Chelyabinsk meteor that could collide with Earth. (Extract 4 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 11 December 2013)
02.26.2013
Asteroid strike: Double trouble
Dr Gareth Collins’s (Earth Science & Engineering) research looks at what happens when the Earth is hit by two asteroids orbiting each other. (Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 27 February 2013)
11.23.2012
Dinosaur diversity
Junior Research Fellow Susannah Maidment explains how the geographical distribution of fossils from the Jurassic period could offer clues about how biodiversity will vary around the world in the future.
08.21.2012
Reconstructing Antarctica’s ancient history
Fifty million years ago, the continent we know as icy and inhospitable basked in a warm subtropical climate, explains Dr Tina van de Flierdt. (Extract 3 of 5 from the Imperial College Podcast 22 August 2012)
07.11.2012
Megaflood: how Britain became an island
Dr Jenny Collier from the Department of Earth Science and Engineering gives a talk showing how a catastrophic megaflood separated Britain from France hundreds of thousands of years ago, changing the course of British history.
04.24.2012
Energy Futures Lab Annual Lecture, 'More Sustainable Power Generation Technologies'
Charles Soothill, Chief Technology Officer of Alstom Power, presents the Energy Futures Lab Annual Lecture 2012. More info and slides: http://goo.gl/bn7Uu
02.08.2012
Is there life on Mars?
Dr Tom Pike explains why his data cast doubt on the possibility of life having existed on the Martian surface, but Professor Mark Sephton hasn't given up the search.
01.02.2012
What ESE students say about the course
Hear what the ESE students say about their experience of the ESE community.
01.02.2012
What's it like studying in ESE?
Staff and students from ESE describe what it is like to study a geosciences course.
01.02.2012
How we give ESE students feedback
Lorraine Craig and the students in ESE talk about how feedback works and why it is important.
01.02.2012
Meet Lorraine Craig, Academic Tutor at ESE
Lorraine Craig and students in ESE talk about her role as Admissions Tutor and its relationship to other jobs that she does.
01.02.2012
Dr Phil Bland - Year one lecturer at ESE
Dr Phil Bland talks about his first year course on understanding how processes in the earth and planets really work.
12.08.2011
Exploring the deep
Dr Jenny Collier delivers the 2012 Annual Christmas Demonstration Lecture, which this year is about exploring the deepest parts of our earth's oceans
11.07.2011
Professor Sanjeev Gupta - Year one lecturer at ESE
Prof Sanjeev Gupta talks about his year 1 course in ESE on surface processes on earth, and Mars, and the experiments that he uses during the course.
11.07.2011
Dr Matt Genge - Year one lecturer at ESE
Dr Matt Genge speaks about fieldwork and how minerals and rocks can be identified using a microscope in his year 1 course in ESE.
11.07.2011
Dr Tina van de Flierdt - Year one lecturer at ESE
Dr Tina Van de Flierdt talks about her course in ESE which provides students with the facts and data surrounding ‘climate’ to allow them to have an informed opinion on climate change.
11.07.2011
Who will teach me in year one at ESE?
This video introduces you to some of the lecturers who might teach you in year one at the Department of Earth Science and Engineering.
11.07.2011
Professor Ann Muggeridge - Year one lecturer at ESE
Professor Ann Muggeridge speaks about her course on physics in ESE, and in particular how physics can be applied to interpretation of the processes on the earth.
11.07.2011
Dr Alexander Whittaker - Year one lecturer at ESE
Dr Alex Whittaker enthuses students about how tectonics plus time create the amazing array of geological students we see on earth, the starting point for his first year course on structural geology.
11.07.2011
Welcome to Earth Science and Engineering
Professor Jan Cilliers introduces the Department of Earth Science and Engineering
03.08.2011
Oil exploration in the Arctic - Professor Alastair Fraser
In overcoming the technical challenges of oil production in the Arctic, are we making the most of a strategic resource or heading for an environmental and political minefield? Professor Alastair Fraser
02.25.2011
Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast October 2007: Imperial Asteroids
Imperial academics tell how it feels to have asteroids named after them.
02.25.2011
Extract 1 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast August 2007: The Flood that split the UK from Europe
Dr Sanjeev Gupta explains how catastrophic flooding split the UK from Europe.
02.25.2011
Extract 3 of 3 from the Imperial College Podcast May 2007: The Early Solar System
Phil Bland on what his special delivery tells us about the Solar System's early days.
02.25.2011
Extract 4 of 5 from the Imperial College Podcast April 2007: Bringing Comet Dust to Imperial
Bringing comet dust from NASA's Stardust mission to Imperial's labs.
02.25.2011
Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast March 2007: Rocks on Mars and Life on Earth
Interview with Randall Perry on rocks on Mars and what they could tell us about life on Earth.
02.25.2011
Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast April 2008: Coal
The pros and cons of coal.
02.24.2011
Extract 1 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast January 2009: Professor Philip Allen on 'Snowball Earth'
Professor Philip Allen on why 'Snowball Earth' theory should be thrown out.
11.17.2010
Tackling global warming
Improving our understanding of oil and gas in rock reservoirs
11.17.2010
Investigating new ways of storing C02 in rock reservoirs
Investigating new ways of storing C02 in rock reservoirs
04.13.2010
QCCSRC Project 1
Geological fieldwork in Oman led by Imperial College London
04.12.2010
Creepy crawly ancient cockroach ancestor
A 3-D model of the Archimylacris eggintoni, which is an ancient ancestor of modern cockroaches, mantises and termites. Model courtesy of Imperial College London and the Natural History Museum.
02.25.2010
Asteroid impact
Dr Gareth Collins from the Department of Earth Science and Engineering talks about an ancient asteroid impact
02.25.2010
The day the dinosaurs were wiped out
Dr Joanna Morgan from the Department of Earth Science and Engineering talks about the day the dinosaurs became extinct.
02.04.2010
A new technique for understanding early Earth
Dr Rosalind Coggon talks about calcium carbonate veins and what they tell us about ancient Earth
10.17.2008
Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected thanks to twenty first century science
Dr John Harrison explains the technique

What's Earth Science and Engineering about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Earth Science and Engineering episodes:

Greenhouse gas emissions from the natural gas supply chain

Professor Lidija Zdravkovic - Advanced geomechanics: hot, dehydrated and shaken

Sustainable Gas Institute Annual Lecture 2015 - Dr David Allen

Parasite mystery

When sponges ruled the Earth

Expedition to sample the Chicxulub crater

Earth’s unloved neighbour

Explosive eruptions

From lab to legislature

Braced for impact

Asteroid strike: Double trouble

Dinosaur diversity

Reconstructing Antarctica’s ancient history

Megaflood: how Britain became an island

Energy Futures Lab Annual Lecture, 'More Sustainable Power Generation Technologies'

Is there life on Mars?

What ESE students say about the course

What's it like studying in ESE?

How we give ESE students feedback

Meet Lorraine Craig, Academic Tutor at ESE

Dr Phil Bland - Year one lecturer at ESE

Exploring the deep

Professor Sanjeev Gupta - Year one lecturer at ESE

Dr Matt Genge - Year one lecturer at ESE

Dr Tina van de Flierdt - Year one lecturer at ESE

Who will teach me in year one at ESE?

Professor Ann Muggeridge - Year one lecturer at ESE

Dr Alexander Whittaker - Year one lecturer at ESE

Welcome to Earth Science and Engineering

Oil exploration in the Arctic - Professor Alastair Fraser

Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast October 2007: Imperial Asteroids

Extract 1 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast August 2007: The Flood that split the UK from Europe

Extract 3 of 3 from the Imperial College Podcast May 2007: The Early Solar System

Extract 4 of 5 from the Imperial College Podcast April 2007: Bringing Comet Dust to Imperial

Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast March 2007: Rocks on Mars and Life on Earth

Extract 3 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast April 2008: Coal

Extract 1 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast January 2009: Professor Philip Allen on 'Snowball Earth'

Tackling global warming

Investigating new ways of storing C02 in rock reservoirs

QCCSRC Project 1

Creepy crawly ancient cockroach ancestor

Asteroid impact

The day the dinosaurs were wiped out

A new technique for understanding early Earth

Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected thanks to twenty first century science