Latest news and comment Audience - Any Audience -AlumniIndustrySchools, prospective students and communityResearchUndergraduatesGraduatesInternational Year of QuantumDepartment of Physics (requires login) Research theme - Any Research theme -Accelerator physicsAstronomy and astrophysicsBiological physicsClimate physicsExoplanets and planetary physicsFields, strings, and quantum dynamicsFundamental particles and interactionsInstrumentationLasers and high energy density scienceParticle astrophysics & cosmologyPhotovoltaics and nanosciencePlasma physicsQuantum information and computationQuantum materialsQuantum optics & ultra-cold matter Sub-department - Any Sub-department -AstrophysicsAtmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary PhysicsAtomic and Laser PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsParticle PhysicsProfessional and support servicesRudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics Meet...Shirin Ermis We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 2 October 2025 AlbaCore Capital Group supports doctoral research A new fully funded DPhil studentship has been created at the University of Oxford thanks to support from AlbaCore Capital Group; the award will support the advancement of research at the intersection of artificial intelligence, climate and the environment 22 September 2025 Climate science, the law – and justice When lives or properties are destroyed by floods, storms, or wildfires, can and should anybody be held to account? 19 August 2025 Professor Christensen recognised by IAMAS Professor Hannah Christensen has been awarded the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS) Early Career Scientist Medal for 2025. 22 July 2025 Professor Pierrehumbert awarded Cassini Medal Professor Raymond Pierrehumbert has been awarded the European Geosciences Union Jean Dominique Cassini Medal, the EGU’s highest award for recognition of achievement in the planetary sciences. 21 November 2024 Global warming 'could end in a generation' Climate change could be halted within a generation if the energy companies selling fossil fuels were required to dispose responsibly of the waste CO2 they generate, the climate scientist who led the first work on Net Zero has said. 18 November 2024 Professor Christensen recognised by AMS Associate Professor Hannah Christensen has been awarded the Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award by the American Meteorological Society (AMS). 28 August 2024 Professor Marshall receives teaching award Professor David Marshall has been recognised in the Maths, Physics and Life Sciences Teaching Awards. 15 July 2024 Meet...Shruti Nath We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; here, we meet climate scientist Dr Shruti Nath 2 July 2024 AI-led science innovation protects communities hit by climate change Climate scientists from the Department of Physics have joined forces with the United Nations World Food Programme and intergovernmental and national forecasting agencies to pioneer a transformative initiative. 25 June 2024 Next-gen weather forecasting to measure human impact National forecasting centres like the Met Office could apply the same tools used for weather forecasting to quantify how human behaviour is aggravating major events like floods, heatwaves and storms. 30 May 2024 Meet...Deborah Cotton We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 10 April 2024 Load More
Meet...Shirin Ermis We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 2 October 2025
AlbaCore Capital Group supports doctoral research A new fully funded DPhil studentship has been created at the University of Oxford thanks to support from AlbaCore Capital Group; the award will support the advancement of research at the intersection of artificial intelligence, climate and the environment 22 September 2025
Climate science, the law – and justice When lives or properties are destroyed by floods, storms, or wildfires, can and should anybody be held to account? 19 August 2025
Professor Christensen recognised by IAMAS Professor Hannah Christensen has been awarded the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS) Early Career Scientist Medal for 2025. 22 July 2025
Professor Pierrehumbert awarded Cassini Medal Professor Raymond Pierrehumbert has been awarded the European Geosciences Union Jean Dominique Cassini Medal, the EGU’s highest award for recognition of achievement in the planetary sciences. 21 November 2024
Global warming 'could end in a generation' Climate change could be halted within a generation if the energy companies selling fossil fuels were required to dispose responsibly of the waste CO2 they generate, the climate scientist who led the first work on Net Zero has said. 18 November 2024
Professor Christensen recognised by AMS Associate Professor Hannah Christensen has been awarded the Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award by the American Meteorological Society (AMS). 28 August 2024
Professor Marshall receives teaching award Professor David Marshall has been recognised in the Maths, Physics and Life Sciences Teaching Awards. 15 July 2024
Meet...Shruti Nath We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; here, we meet climate scientist Dr Shruti Nath 2 July 2024
AI-led science innovation protects communities hit by climate change Climate scientists from the Department of Physics have joined forces with the United Nations World Food Programme and intergovernmental and national forecasting agencies to pioneer a transformative initiative. 25 June 2024
Next-gen weather forecasting to measure human impact National forecasting centres like the Met Office could apply the same tools used for weather forecasting to quantify how human behaviour is aggravating major events like floods, heatwaves and storms. 30 May 2024
Meet...Deborah Cotton We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews. 10 April 2024