Tag Archives: environment

Keeping an eye on ocean microbes

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

A guest post from Dr Helen Bridle, Royal Academy of Engineering and EPSRC Fellow at Heriot-Watt University. Her blog can be found here. What’s the issue? New tools to detect ocean microbes have recently been developed by researchers at the … Continue reading →

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Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems: Event Summary

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

A guest post from Dr Valerie McCarthy, Assistant Lecturer at Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland. Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems (GDEs) are geologically and physio-graphically complex and are recognised as an important but, nevertheless, poorly understood set of habitats. At a recent … Continue reading →

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Mercury rising

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

Minamata has become a word synonymous with disease. ‘Minamata disease’ was first identified in 1956, after years of chemical company Chisso discharging methyl mercury into Minamata Bay, Japan. It was a process that continued until 1968, and left over 2,500 … Continue reading →

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Notes from a small volcanic island

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

Early start from Gatwick to Tenerife, but greeted on lading with warm sun and blue skies. We are here for three days to film a documentary for the Weather Channel on volcanoes and their effects on the earths climate. Apparently … Continue reading →

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Earth Science Week 2012 – working with NGOs

Posted on October 18, 2012 by

We’re returning to the Philippines for our fourth career blog, where scientists recognising the social impact of their work is more important than ever… Dr Carlos Primo C David, Geologist at the University of the Philippines, National Institute of Geological … Continue reading →

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Earth Science Week 2012

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

We’ve been a bit quiet on our blog recently, but that’s all about to change. We’ve been busy preparing for another Earth Science Week, and here’s where to find the latest info!

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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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Precipitating a crisis?

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

Hosepipe bans are becoming a familiar feature of summer, and with claims that 2012 could see ‘the worst drought in 30 years’, they are here again. Well timed, then, that the theme of a recent Geological Society conference was “Water … Continue reading →

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Geology with added microbes

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

One of the fastest growing areas of research in the geosciences is what is now called ‘geomicrobiology’. Although bacteria and other microbes have long been used in industrial processes such as bioleaching, where  metals are extracted from their mined ores, … Continue reading →

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Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink – the future for water?

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

The problem Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner faced, becalmed in the middle of the ocean, was that despite ‘water, water, everywhere’, none of it was suitable for drinking. The average human can survive for only a few days without access to clean … Continue reading →

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