Dr Richard Bates
Reader, Centre for Landscape Studies, Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland, Scottish Oceans Institute, St Andrews Sustainability Institute, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Profile
Areas of expertise: applied geophysics; archaeology; marine surveyance; climate change; earthquakes and tsunamis
Associated posts
St Andrews Botanic Garden hosts opera study day
Speakers unite environmental themes with Handel's Xerxes.
9 May 2018Local community
Geoscientists work to bring hidden underwater world back to life
St Andrews scientists help revolutionise archaeology
1 September 2015Research
Ancient Britain ‘not cut off’ from Europe
DNA discovery reveals surprising connections 8,000 years ago
26 February 2015Research
World’s oldest calendar found in a Scottish field
Researchers believe monument could pre-date previous time-measuring devices.
16 July 2013Public interest stories
Ice scientists study the birth of an iceberg
Findings to be featured on BBC Two series Operation Iceberg airing this week.
29 October 2012Research
Discovering drowned Doggerland
Scientists rebuild image of lost land under the sea.
2 July 2012Research
Ethiopian drought may have caused the end of the Egyptian Old Kingdom
New research has found scientific evidence of a prolonged dry period 4,000 years ago.
1 August 2011ResearchScientists discover ‘record melt’
St Andrews' researcher records major ice cap melt.
12 August 2010ResearchAreas of expertise
Applied geophysics Archaeology Climate change Earthquake Marine survey Tsunami