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“Stunning blocks of Lewisian gneiss, Torridonian sandstone, greenschist from Argyll and Bute, and other iconic UK rock samples lead you into the Evolution Garden.”. Read Marissa Lo’s full review of the Natural History Museum’s Evolution Garden:.
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“No story is more dramatic than the story of our planet” declares the first plaque that greets you upon exiting the South Kensington Underground station. Standing in a tunnel of towering slabs of...
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Geoscientist magazine updates are now also available on Bluesky - follow us here: #Geology #Geoscience.
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RT @OxfordPublicity: .@geoscientistmag reviews ROOTED IN TIME by paleobotanist Carole T Gee, "helps readers appreciate the historical weigh….
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Through the eyes of someone with a lifetime passion for plants, Rooted in Time blends botany and palaeontology on a journey through Earth’s greening over 3.5 billion years of history. It details...
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News | Schools Geology Challenge.Entries for Schools Geology Challenge 2025 are now open and close on January 31st!. #School #Geology #Competition.
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Entries for Schools Geology Challenge 2025 are now open! Our Schools Geology Challenge is back, giving students aged 16 to 18 the chance to explore a geoscience topic for themselves and present it to...
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News | Off the Rails.Join @GeolSoc for our groundbreaking new research seminar series, Climate and Ecology: Off the Rails:. #Geoscience #Geology #FreeEvents #Seminar
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5 Mins With | “Finding solutions motivates me”.@claire_horwell is an air pollution scientist and Professor of Geohealth at Durham University - read the full interview here:.
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Tell us about your research I work on the hazards and impacts of air pollution. For many years I focused on volcanoes and how communities are affected by volcanic emissions but, in recent years,...
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RT @coal_legacies: Little write of the @HeritageFundSCO and @StirUni #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum by our Catherine and @palaeokatie featur….
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Mining Landscapes is the UK’s largest eco-museum and the first to focus on industrial heritage in Scotland, spanning the coalfields of the Midland Valley, from Fife to Ayrshire. Eco-museums are...
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RT @CliveBGS: Love that the cover of @GeolSoc Winter 2024 @geoscientistmag stretches across front & back - a fitting tribute to Bryan Love….
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“A succinct and accessible introduction to the science of sedimentology”. Read Gordon Neighbour’s review of Introducing Sedimentology:
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Aimed at students, amateur enthusiasts, and professional geologists, Introducing Sedimentology provides a succinct and accessible introduction to the science of sedimentology. This is an incredibly...
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Unearthed | An attractive yet unfamiliar path?.Geophysics career prospects are varied and interesting, yet in the UK the subject struggles to attract undergraduate students. Jennifer Jenkins, Amy Gilligan, and Lidong Bie explore reasons for this trend:.
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In recent years, enrolment on undergraduate geophysics courses in the UK has declined, while financial pressures, coupled with the high costs of fieldwork and staff-to-student ratios, have made these...
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News | ES3 moves in-house.From January 2025, Earth Science, Systems and Society (ES3) will be published through @GeolSoc 's own Publishing House:.
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Earth science plays a vital role in addressing today’s global challenges, from decarbonising our energy systems, to supporting food and water supply for growing populations, to minimising risk from...
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“Have you ever wondered why a pseudotachylyte is called a ‘pseudo’-tachylyte or why a zircon is called a zircon?”. Read Arun Prasath’s full review of Geopedia:.
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Have you ever wondered why a pseudotachylyte is called a ‘pseudo’-tachylyte or why a zircon is called a zircon? Maybe, yes. But have you ever thought about how many complicated geological words exist...
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News | Council nominations close January 2025.Would you like to play a key role in delivering the Society’s purpose, vision, mission, and values? We welcome nominations for a new President designate and Council members.
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Would you like to play a key role in delivering the Society’s purpose, vision, mission, and values? We welcome nominations for a new President designate and Council members. Council members are...
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News | A marine rock sample store.A Rock Store Working Group is inviting the UK’s marine science community to complete a survey:.(deadline: Dec 18th). Find out more about the survey:.
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Marine rock samples collected by dredge or remotely operated vehicles are an exceptional resource of immense scientific value. Samples help inform research and contribute to the Natural Environment...
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Unearthed | Unlocking the secrets of Snowball Earth.@EliasRugen discusses how a cluster of remote Scottish islands could be key to understanding the tipping point that descended Earth into a 60-million-year-long glaciation:.
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Approximately 720 million years ago, Earth is hypothesised to have been gripped by a planetary-scale glaciation, with ice spanning almost from the poles to the equator. This phenomenon, known as a...
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Editor’s Desk | “This edition commends the ‘greats’ and celebrates the next generation of pioneers”.Our new Editor-in-Chief, Ruth Allington, introduces the Winter 2024 issue of Geoscientist.
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With this edition, I formally take over as Editor-in-Chief of Geoscientist. I want to extend my thanks to Andy Fleet who has overseen much of this issue’s content as out-going Editor-in-Chief. Andy...
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Feature | A monument born from climate change.The late Bryan Lovell investigates how a warm period in Earth’s history associated with Icelandic volcanism could have shaped our ancient stones:. #Geology #Geoscience #Stonehenge.
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Geology and archaeology have recently come together at Stonehenge in a spectacular fashion. It now appears that the 5-m-long Altar Stone at the centre of this Neolithic stone circle on the Salisbury...
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RT @WGCG_UK: Brilliant article and sad news concerning Bryan Lovell, who was a genuine inspiration.
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