Hazards
We assess natural hazards from cause to consequence, including tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanism, landslides and impacts
We aim to minimise the damage caused by natural geological events and prevent artificial geohazards. To do this we model and forecast destructive phenomena and processes that impact human life, from earthquakes, tsunamis and landslides to rock stability in mines and how rock becomes weathered and eroded over time.
We also dig deeper into how the Earth works, exploring:
- deep mantle structure;
- plate tectonics;
- geomagnetism;
- continental margins; and more.
We’re especially interested in how surface processes — tectonics, erosion, sedimentology — are influenced by Earth's changing climate and the active processes occuring within and beneath the planet's crust. This also extends to how hazardous events have impacted other bodies in the Solar System (for example, flooding on Mars, or meteorite impacts on the icy moons of Jupiter).
Associated Research Groups
Associated events and seminars
You can see all previous and forthcoming seminars via the ESE Events and Seminars pages.
Associated members of staff
Dr Rossella Arcucci
Dr Rossella Arcucci
Senior Lecturer in Data Science and Machine Learning
Dr Ian D Bastow
Dr Ian D Bastow
Senior Lecturer
Dr Rebecca E Bell
Dr Rebecca E Bell
Reader in Tectonics
Professor Jenny Collier
Professor Jenny Collier
Professor of Marine Geophysics
Professor Gareth S Collins
Professor Gareth S Collins
Acting Head of Department & Professor of Planetary Science
Professor Saskia Goes
Professor Saskia Goes
Professor of Geophysics
Professor Sanjeev Gupta
Professor Sanjeev Gupta
Professor of Earth Science
Professor Matthew D Jackson
Professor Matthew D Jackson
Chair in Geological Fluid Dynamics
Emeritus Professor Lidia Lonergan
Emeritus Professor Lidia Lonergan
Emeritus Reader of Geotectonics
Dr Philippa J Mason
Dr Philippa J Mason
Senior Lecturer
Professor Adrian R Muxworthy
Professor Adrian R Muxworthy
Professor of Earth and Planetary Magnetism
Dr Adriana Paluszny Rodriguez
Dr Adriana Paluszny Rodriguez
Reader in Computational Geomechanics
Professor Matthew D Piggott
Professor Matthew D Piggott
Professor of Computational Geoscience and Engineering
Dr Gareth G Roberts
Dr Gareth G Roberts
Senior Lecturer
Dr Dylan H Rood
Dr Dylan H Rood
Senior Lecturer
Dr Alexander C Whittaker
Dr Alexander C Whittaker
Reader in Landscape Dynamics