Earth Science and Engineering

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)

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)

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 Imperial College Podcast)

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)

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 2014)

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)

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)

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)

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.

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)

Charles Soothill, Chief Technology Officer of Alstom Power, presents the Energy Futures Lab Annual Lecture 2012. More info and slides: http://goo.gl/bn7Uu

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.

Imperial academics tell how it feels to have asteroids named after them.

Dr Sanjeev Gupta explains how catastrophic flooding split the UK from Europe.

Phil Bland on what his special delivery tells us about the Solar System's early days.

Bringing comet dust from NASA's Stardust mission to Imperial's labs.

Interview with Randall Perry on rocks on Mars and what they could tell us about life on Earth.

The pros and cons of coal.

Professor Philip Allen on why 'Snowball Earth' theory should be thrown out.