The secret world of Antarctica’s volcanoes
Renowned for its desolate and unforgiving landscape, Antarctica is the driest, coldest, windiest continent on the planet.
Latest Entries
Get recognised for your outstanding professional development
The Science Council’s CPD Awards are back for 2021 to continue the celebration of outstanding CPD – nominations open 17th May 2021. Continue reading
The First Dinosaurs’ Dinner
As I write in the early days of April 2021, we’re about to emerge from lockdown and outdoor dining will resume, hopefully before a measured resumption of some degree of normality. Not all outdoor dining can strictly be called normal. One of the sights on my daily lockdown walks was involved in what has become … Continue reading
Celebrating a centenary!
Bethan Phillips and Lucy Pullen chat with the editors of Special Publication 506 ‘Celebrating 100 Years of Female Fellows of the Geological Society; Discovering Forgotten Histories’. Continue reading
The over-simplification that ‘coal is bad’ threatens COP26 success
Leading environmentalists have recently been urging the UK Government not to allow mining of metallurgical coal in Cumbria. Part of the environmentalists’ case is that approval of the Cumbrian mine would hinder UK’s leadership at the COP26 climate summit to be held in Glasgow this November. I disagree. Continue reading
COVID-19 threatens access to low carbon energy in the developing world
Professor Mike Stephenson reflects on the intensified challenges facing the global provision of low carbon energy in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading
UK Earth Hazards – a new course from GSL
In 2020, the Geological Society carried out a Strategic Review of its activities in order to ensure we are best meeting the needs of geoscientists in the UK and beyond. With that in mind, we will start providing online training courses to support our Fellows with Continuous Professional Development (CPD). Following on from two free … Continue reading
Earth Science in our Lives – student writing competition
From our gadgets to our buildings, geology is everywhere. We want you to put your creative writing skills to use to tell us how geology shapes your life. For students between the ages of 11 and 13, please write no more than 500 words, using one or more of these images as inspiration. Please ask … Continue reading
The Great Geobakeoff 2020 – The Results!
2020 gave us the most unusual Geobakeoff to date, although our incredible makers and bakers rose to the challenge magnificently. As expected, the entries ranged from the bold to the bizarre to the brilliant, and we had so much fun judging all the entries. We would like to say a massive THANK YOU to all … Continue reading
Earth Science, Systems and Society: a new journal from GSL
The Geological Society of London (GSL) is proud to announce the launch of our first fully open access journal, Earth Science, Systems and Society (ES3), for 2021. ES3 will publish timely and topical research of high importance across the breadth of the geosciences with a particular emphasis on interdisciplinary geoscience and the pivotal role it … Continue reading
A chat with the editor of GSL Special Publication 500
In June 2020, GSL published the landmark 500th volume of the Geological Society’s Special Publication series, SP500: Subaqueous Mass Movements and their Consequences: Advances in Process Understanding, Monitoring and Hazard Assessments, edited by: A. Georgiopoulou, L. A. Amy, S. Benetti, J. D. Chaytor, M. A. Clare, D. Gamboa, P. D. W. Haughton, J. Moernaut and … Continue reading
