The Geological Society has today made a commitment to improving diversity within the geosciences by signing the Science Council’s Declaration on Diversity, Equality and Inclusion. Continue reading
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British Science Festival 2014: Operation Stonehenge
One of our nominated 100geosites took centre stage yesterday at the British Science Festival, as Professor Vincent Gaffney and colleagues unveiled the latest from the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project, led by the University of Birmingham in conjunction with the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology. Continue reading
British Science Festival 2014: ‘We are all catastrophists now’
The theory that the dramatic landscapes of the Columbia River Plateau were caused by massive flooding in the distant past might not sound too controversial. But, as Sanjeev Gupta told us in our British Science Festival event yesterday, the theory, first proposed in 1923 by American geologist J Harlen Bretz, was so controversial it sparked a … Continue reading
100 Great Geosites – voting is OPEN!
A big thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate their favourite geosite on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, email, snail mail or in person! We’ve done our very best to collect every one of the nominations – over 400 – and now we need your help to whittle the list down … Continue reading
100 Great Geosites nomination: Widemouth Bay, North Cornwall
A 100 Great Geosites nomination from Linda Fowler… Widemouth Bay, North Cornwall – a brilliant field skills teaching location Continue reading
Underground or overground?
Geological disposal of radioactive waste A couple of weeks ago, the UK government published a White Paper, setting out a revised process for disposing of our radioactive waste. You can read our response to it here. Continue reading
The Great Schools Geobakeoff!
Buoyed by the phenomenon that was the 2014 Great Geobakeoff, we thought it was about time the schools got a look-in. And what better day to launch, than the day the Great British Bakeoff returns to our screens? Cake is a handy, versatile way to explain a lot of geological concepts, from stratigraphy and faulting … Continue reading
GSL teams up with GeoScienceWorld eBooks!
A guest post from Dr Maxine Smith, Online Development Editor at the Geological Society Publishing House Production staff at the Geological Society Publishing House were busy for the first half of 2014 helping GeoScienceWorld (GSW) launch their eBook Collections. Continue reading
100 Great Geosites nomination: Eglwyseg Escarpment
A 100 Great Geosites nomination from Raymond Roberts, Senior Geologist at Natural Resources Wales I could easily have chosen a dozen or so sites for my favourite geosites. In the end I chose my local one – The Eglwyseg Escarpment. Continue reading
100 Great Geosites nomination: White Scar Cave
A 100 Great Geosites nomination from Idil Hassan White Scar Cave is famous as the longest cave in the UK, and is full of interesting features that make you wonder how this magnificent structure became what it is today. So how did these caves come to be the outstanding spectacle they are? Continue reading
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