Author Archives: Ted

About Ted

Ted is Editor of the magazine Geoscientist, the monthly colour news magazine of the Fellowship of the Geological Society of London. He is author of "Supercontinent - 10 billion years in the life of our planet" (2007) and Incoming! - or why we should stop worrying and learn to love the meteorite" (2011) published by Granta Books.

BGS centre announces geology’s key worth

Posted on May 21, 2012

BGS celebrates completion of a £25m investment that mirrors Earth science’s value to the nation, says Chief Scientific Adviser. The Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Sir John Beddington CMG FRS, opened the headquarters of the British Geological Survey in Keyworth, … Continue reading →

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All in a whorl

Posted on December 13, 2011

We knew we were in for it when we chose a picture library image of an unidentified ammonite for the cover of the November issue of Geoscientist.  So far reactions have been of two kinds – compliments on the graphic … Continue reading →

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Christmas gift idea!

Posted on December 7, 2011

Back in 2009, the cover of Geoscientist carried an image scanned from a fragment of Paesina Stone from Tuscany – a silty limestone formed during the Cretaceous Period and marked with a fine network of cracks through which groundwater has … Continue reading →

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What a carve-up!

Posted on November 3, 2011

Not far from Burlington House stands Economist Plaza, home to the famous magazine of that name, and known to architects as the first building in the UK to be faced with the Portland Roach.  That’s the limestone full of distinctive hollows … Continue reading →

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