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4 June 2021

Ancient Scottish tsunami could destroy entire towns if it happened today, new study finds

New research by Mark Bateman, Professor in Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction, has revealed that the Storegga tsunami that hit Scotland’s coastline 8,200 years ago, could devastate entire towns if it happened today.
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4 June 2021

What’s it really like to live in an eco-community?

Jenny Pickerill, Professor in Environmental Geography, has published a comic strip based on her experiences of working with eco-communities over the last 15 years.

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Department of Geography
The University of Sheffield
Sheffield
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geography@sheffield.ac.uk

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