Your Resources, Your Future
A guide to Cornwall’s Geo-Resources by Alastair Skeffington, Eva Marquis and members of the Camborne School of Mines is now available online. Check it out at https://arcg.is/04jLmi
Outreach
NERC ECR Outreach Project
Early Career Researchers (ECRs) from CSM and the ESI have been helping school children think about mining past and future in the South West region. Funded by a NERC ‘Growing Roots’ outreach grant, Alastair Skeffington, Jody Grassby, Elin Jennings and… Continue Reading
The Red River
Karen and Laura participated in some events to celebrate the Red River, which were organised and run by Dr John Wedgwood Clarke, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Exeter. The aim of his research project is to… Continue Reading
Geomicrobiology – how microbes change the Earth
Laura Newsome gave a talk on “Geomicrobiology – how microbes change the Earth” to the Royal Cornwall Geological Society on 19th May. The talk is available on YouTube at youtu.be/2j_3k1aWeng
Metals and Radioactive Substance Bioremediation – a child centric microbiology education framework
There is an urgent need for microbiology literacy in society, see https://sfam.org.uk/knowledge/policy/applied-microbiology-matters/microbiology-literacy-knowledge-framework.html. I contributed a topic framework on “metals and radioactive substances bioremediation” (2021). This can be used to help teach how microbiology impacts our everyday lives, and how microbiology… Continue Reading
Legacy Waste in the Coastal Zone project website now live
Our NERC-funded project ‘Legacy Waste in the Coastal Zone’ now has a website. Please visit it here and keeping checking for new updates.
NEMO video release
The NEMO video describing what we are doing in the project has been launched. There is a short version and a long version. Watch it to know more this initiative studying how to reduce mine waste, transforming a “problem” into… Continue Reading
Hidden in Plain Sight – a Creative Exchange collaboration
Hidden in Plain Sight was a photographic journey into the subsurface of Cornwall’s mining heritage. This collaboration aimed to show hidden environments beneath the surface, at a human scale and at the micro scale. The Cornish landscape hides a wealth of… Continue Reading
New rocdminer game
rocdminer has now been released on Google Play (for Android phones); please download it and enjoy. There has been a worrying increase in incidences of coal dust-related lung diseases over the last 20 years; the aim of the game is… Continue Reading
Environment and Sustainability Day 2020
Year 9 students from Penryn, Pool and Poltair Schools attended our Environment and Sustainability Day on the 5th February at the ESI at our Penryn Campus. They took part in a workshop that was jointly run by CSM and the… Continue Reading