Pollution
We reveal the properties and behaviour of environmental contamination, including flows of air, water and plastic pollution
We model energy and environmental systems using cutting-edge experimental, imaging and computational techniques. Our research supports sustainable geoscience technologies for future generations, and characterises how pollution flows through natural and urban environments.
We use detailed flow models to predict pollutant dispersal via air and water (including wastewater), and study the associated risks and possibilities for sustainable and innovative routes forward. We have particular expertise in radioactive substances, heavy metals and persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic organic chemicals that occur naturally in the environment, such as lead and arsenic.
Through our research, we work to reduce the environmental impact of mining and energy production, exploring concepts such as nuclear safety and waste storage, carbon reduction and bio-storage, and environmental geochemistry.
Associated Research Groups
Subsurface CO2 Group
Characterising flow, transport and reaction for subsurface stores of carbon dioxide
Associated events and seminars
You can see all previous and forthcoming seminars via the ESE Events and Seminars pages.
Associated members of staff
Dr Branko Bijeljic
Dr Branko Bijeljic
Principal Research Fellow
Dr Fangxin Fang
Dr Fangxin Fang
Senior Research Fellow
Professor Gary J Hampson
Professor Gary J Hampson
Professor of Sedimentary Geology
Professor Matthew D Jackson
Professor Matthew D Jackson
Chair in Geological Fluid Dynamics
Professor Anna Korre
Professor Anna Korre
Professor of Environmental Engineering
Dr Samuel C Krevor
Dr Samuel C Krevor
Reader in Carbon Sequestration Studies
Professor Ann Muggeridge
Professor Ann Muggeridge
Consul for Faculty of Engineering and the Business School
Professor Adrian R Muxworthy
Professor Adrian R Muxworthy
Professor of Earth and Planetary Magnetism
Professor Christopher Pain
Professor Christopher Pain
Professorial Research Fellow
Dr Yves Plancherel
Dr Yves Plancherel
Lecturer in Climate Change and the Environment
Professor Mark Rehkamper
Professor Mark Rehkamper
Professor of Isotope Geochemistry
Dr Gareth G Roberts
Dr Gareth G Roberts
Senior Lecturer
Professor Mark A Sephton
Professor Mark A Sephton
Professor of Organic Geochemistry
Professor Tina van de Flierdt
Professor Tina van de Flierdt
Head of the Department of Earth Science and Engineering
Professor Dominik J Weiss
Professor Dominik J Weiss
Professor of Environmental Geochemistry