Category Archives: Events

Arockalypse now (Ho ho)

Posted on December 21, 2012 by

Has the world ended yet? If you’re reading this, probably not. We’re pretty confident it won’t in the next few hours, but just in case, we’re making an end of the world/geological play list to see us through. Assuming we make it, wishing all … Continue reading →

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A tale of three meetings

Posted on December 13, 2012 by

The Geological Society’s meeting room has changed a lot in the last century. Until a refurb in the seventies, it looked very much how it had done for most of its life – raked rows of benches standing opposite each … Continue reading →

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Whisky on the rocks

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

No trip to Aberdeen would be complete without incorporating Scotland’s most famous export (apart from shortbread and Andy Murray). Luckily, we had a valid geological reason too – the link between whisky and geology is well known.

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The heat beneath our feet

Posted on September 7, 2012 by

We were expecting chilly weather here in northern Scotland, but so far the sun has been shining on the British Science Festival in Aberdeen! We don’t think of Scotland -or the UK for that matter -as a particularly warm place, … Continue reading →

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Flippin’ Earth

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

The Earth’s magnetic poles might feel like a constant – north is north, south is south – but they turn out to be a lot more complicated than that, as we found out yesterday in our event at the British … Continue reading →

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Olympic Games count down…!

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

With just one week to go until the big launch, we arrived at the geology castle this week to find ourselves Wenlocked!

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BGS centre announces geology’s key worth

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

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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Something wiki this way comes…

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

What are the most visited websites in the world? To answer this question, many of us will refer to Wikipedia. While the site hasn’t quite achieved the stratospheric heights of Facebook and Google, it is rarely out of the top … Continue reading →

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Between a rock and a Bard: geology and poetry

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

Over a year ago the Geological Society put out a call for ‘the best geological poems, original or otherwise’ to be read at an event this October 10th to mark National Poetry Day and Earth Science Week.  It has been my … Continue reading →

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To mine or not to mine?

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

Last week’s tragic events in the Swansea Valley serve as a stark reminder of the dangers of looking underground for our fuel sources. It came on a day when we joined the Archaeology and Anthropology section at the British Science … Continue reading →

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