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We’re looking at physical geography ... TOM HEAP: Somerset was by no means the only part of the UK to suffer from last winter’s floods, but it was under water for the longest.

In the Times Higher Education analysis of the Research Excellence Framework assessment (2021), we were ranked joint first in the UK for Geography and Environmental Studies. The graduate school is ...

Geography can be split into three areas: human geography, physical geography and environmental geography. Human geography is the study of societies, cultures and economies. Physical geography is ...

Physical geography integrates and inter-relates landforms, water, soils, climate, and vegetation as the major natural elements of the environment. The focus of physical geography is on the zone of the ...

They also routinely serve on various review panels of the UK Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC). There are two research groups specialising in physical geography: Environmental Processes; ...

For September 2025 the School of Geographical Sciences has a number of University of Bristol Scholarships for both home and overseas students commencing their PhDs in 2025/26. These can be awarded on ...

Physical geography integrates and inter-relates landforms, water, soils, climate, and vegetation as the major natural elements of the environment. The focus of physical geography is on the zone of the ...