Institute of the Earth and Environment

CERES stands at the forefront of addressing critical challenges in environmental sustainability and renewable energy. Established as a beacon of innovation, our centre is dedicated to pioneering research and finding solutions that significantly impact both local and global environmental challenges.

At the Centre for Enzyme Innovation, we are working to solve one of the most pressing environmental issues facing our planet.

We're committed to the protection, restoration and sustainable governance of our aquatic environments

The Centre of Excellence in Defence, Risk and Resilience (CEDRR) explores the drivers behind conflict and disaster whilst preparing professionals and organisations to better respond, promote resilience, and seek solutions.

In the Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology, we're exploring evolutionary processes and comparing humans with other animals, to study the origins of behaviour.

We're exploring scalable actions and sustainable solutions to build an equitable and sustainable society.

We’re investigating how pollution shapes environmental systems, from microbes to whole ecosystems, and developing practical solutions to protect biodiversity and tackle challenges like climate change.

Use the equipment in this lab to identify and analyse chemicals and biochemicals in surface water, groundwater and soil, so you can develop strategies to minimise and remove their harmful environmental effects.

Investigate the geological and planetary processes that influence environment change and natural resource formation in this lab, using our industry standard spectrometers and laser ablation system.

Gain expertise in high-magnification imaging and analysis of the chemical and physical structure of natural and manufactured materials.

Explore the marine ecosystems of the Solent European Marine Site at our shoreside marine station, complete with floating research platform, £2 million aquarium and laboratory suite.

Measure the strength and elasticity of minerals and rocks under simulated geological stress conditions using high-pressure hydraulic apparatus in this lab, and explore properties including fluid-flow permeability, rock and joint friction, and induced seismicity.

Learn how to use virtual reality to identify rocks and minerals using remote imaging and data processing techniques.

Examine rock, mineral and fossil specimens using the specialist kit in these labs, such as transmitted light, polarising and scanning electron microscopes, and explore processes including acid digestion, air abrasion and microfossil extraction.

Discover more about the planet's physical structures and scientific processes, such as glaciers and coastal flooding, using drone data, aerial and satellite remote sensing and geographic information systems.

Our Geotechnics Laboratory – or Soils Lab – has equipment for analysing fine- and coarse-grained soils.

Students and researchers address sustainable power and decarbonisation issues with modelling software and physical equipment in our Renewable Energy Laboratory. 

This lab hosts all the facilities you need to conduct simple water tests for biochemical oxygen demand to suspended solids, nutrient analysis, pH and conductivity.

The Hydraulics Laboratory helps civil engineering students investigate all aspects of open channel flow; from flow over weirs to hydraulic jumps.

Conduct tests and analyse samples currently in the ecosystem in a fully-operational waterworks in nearby Petersfield complete with microbiology and environmental chemistry labs.