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Author Archives: Nic Bilham

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Door 16

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Nic Bilham • 3 Comments

Today’s #geoadvent features a destination popular with geologists and tourists alike – and one which has provided inspiration for musicians, poets, artists and writers for many years… Continue reading →

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Door 22: The Geological Society Christmas Quiz

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Nic Bilham • 3 Comments

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Communicating Contested Geoscience
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Communicating Contested Geoscience

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Nic Bilham • Leave a comment

We all know that volcanoes and earthquakes are geological phenomena, and many of us know of plate tectonics as the force behind many such natural hazards. But in a geologically quiet place such as the UK, most of us know little about, say, the faulting or water flows in the rock beneath our feet. Continue reading →

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The decarbonisation of electricity production, industry, transport and heating to meet both UK and international climate change targets is a major challenge, and geoscience has an important role to play.
This unusual map from our collections is one of the illustrations presented with the paper read by Robert Alfred Cloyne Godwin-Austen on 8 November 1865, and published as: Godwin-Austen, R A C. "On the Submerged Forest-beds of Porlock Bay", 'Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society', vol 22 (1866), pp1-9.
Take part in our #YearOfSpace poetry competition in collaboration with Creative Manchester and the Centre for New Writing for a chance to win £500!
For #MapMonday, Geological map of ‘The Silurian region and adjacent counties of England & Wales geologically illustrated' (1839) by Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, the very first map of Silurian geology in the world.
‘Celebrating Women in Geoscience’ is a new series exploring the experiences, careers and what it means to be a geoscientist today from women across the Earth Science field.
This hand-coloured geological map of Connemara, County Galway, Ireland (1813) is by Alexander Nimmo, who visited the area in 1813 with our 1st President George Bellas Greenough, whose writing appears on the map ✍️

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