Day three of Earth Science Week is nearly over, and geowalks, events and talks have been going on across the country! Visit our website for what’s still coming up.
Online, we’ve been holding Ask a Geologist sessions daily, and have already had some great questions!
On Monday, Bethan Davies of Royal Holloway answered queries about glaciers, Antarctica and climate change.
c’mon, hit me! Happy to talk about #womeninSTEM, science, #Antarctica, #Glaciers, #careers, anything! #askageologist
— Bethan Davies (@AntarcticGlacie) October 13, 2014
Questions ranged from how to get a career in glaciology underway, to the colours of glaciers, sea level change and what the effects of climate change will be on Antarctic species.
@TheAngelaClarke Snow turns blue when it’s compressed into dense ice. Red/green colours because of algae. See here! https://t.co/25A1WpfeOE
— Bethan Davies (@AntarcticGlacie) October 13, 2014
@AntarcticGlacie #AskaGeologist Thanks Bethan.. The power of Twitter, my own personal Geologist! — DavidO (@Plan_Bravo) October 13, 2014
Yesterday it was the turn of University of Manchester’s Phil Manning, for a barrage of questions about dinosaurs! We had lots of favourites, including this from @ChrisPBrough
@ChrisPBrough #dinosaur Only a little work done on parasaurolophus…and it was a tad trombone-like in sound…given its strange headcrest!
— Dr Phil Manning (@DrPhilManning) October 14, 2014
And today Matt Genge from Imperial College took over, answering questions about meteorites, cosmic dust, geology in space, and his dream field trip location!
@andy_exton #askageologist Just dump me on a C-type asteroid with my hammer, handlens and a notebook please (oh and a space suit n sandwich) — Matthew Genge (@rockbloke) October 15, 2014
We also learned about Tunguska, Pluto, and what would be Matt’s most surprising find on Comet 67P
@James_O_Connor1 #askageologist If I can predict it, then it wouldn’t be that surprising. Fossil mice? 😉 Maybe igneous rock fragments.
— Matthew Genge (@rockbloke) October 15, 2014
There’s still two more Ask a Geologist sessions to go, so make sure you get your questions in!
Tomorrow, David Pyle from the University of Oxford will be answering your questions about volcanoes, and how we predict them, and on Friday Victoria Herridge (@toriherridge) from the Natural History Museum is taking over, for questions about fossils, dwarf elephants, evolution and Trowel Blazing female geologists in history! All you need to do is tweet using the #AskaGeologist hashtag, or leave a comment below.
