Help us create a 2016 #100geosites calendar! This time last year, you were hard at work flooding us with nominations for our #100geosites project – over 400 sites made it into the longlist before public voting began. In October, we launched the final list – 100 of the great geological sites you can see in … Continue reading
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Spectacular Moroccan fossils redefine evolutionary timelines
Some of the oldest marine animals on the planet, including armoured worm-like forms and giant, lobster like sea creatures, survived millions of years longer than previously thought, according to a spectacularly preserved fossil formation from southeastern Morocco. Continue reading
Jurassic World Review
Jurassic Park was over twenty years ago, and people just aren’t buzzed by a T rex like they used to be. The format is tired, the thrills too predictable. Audiences demand more. Continue reading
The 2015 Great Geobakeoff – the results!
We launched the second annual Great Geobakeoff with some trepidation. Had geobaking fatigue set in? Was everyone too busy watching the General Election to notice? Is it in fact impossible to bake a hidden fossil cake? Of course, our concerns were needless. Once again, the geobaking world has answered our call to arms, and produced … Continue reading
The Lyme Regis Fossil Festival – make your own fossil cast!
A couple of weeks ago, we headed to Lyme Regis for the annual geological extravaganza that is the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival, armed with fossils, badges, geological colouring in and a brand new activity. This year, for the first time, we took part in the schools programme, talking to over 140 primary school children about all … Continue reading
The 2015 Joint Photographic Competition
The annual photography competition, organised by a number of our Regional Groups, is now open to all geologists, amateur or professional, living within the postal districts of the Southern Wales, West Midlands and North Western Regional Groups. Continue reading
2015 Nepal Earthquake
Donate to the DEC Nepal Earthquake Appeal at http://www.dec.org.uk/ In the early hours of 25 April, 2015 a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred in Nepal. The largest the country has experienced in over 80 years, the earthquake occurred due to thrust faulting resulting from the subducting India plate and the overriding Eurasia plate to the North. Continue reading
Earth’s Climate Evolution – a Geological Perspective on Climate Change
A guest post from Colin Summerhayes, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge Before we can understand how humans may be changing the climate, we need to establish a baseline. We have one in the geological record of past climate change. Continue reading
The 2015 Great Geobakeoff
The Great Geobakeoff is back! Last year, we were astonished, delighted, and a little bit scared by your levels of enthusiasm and commitment to the geobakeoff challenge. As Easter approaches, we’ve decided to up the ante for the second annual Great Geobakeoff. As the more geologically engaged of you will have noticed, 2015 sees two … Continue reading
Sir David Attenborough launches the year of William Smith
Monday 23rd was the birthday of William Smith – ‘father of English Geology’ and creator of the world’s first nationwide geological map. It was also a special day at the Geological Society – the launch of the year long celebrations of the 200th anniversary of Smith’s 1815 geological map … Continue reading
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