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#PlateTecStories: Shifting theory at the Royal Institution
Features / History

#PlateTecStories: Shifting theory at the Royal Institution

Posted on April 4, 2018 by sarah • Leave a comment

A guest blog from The Royal Institution about the ways in which the Ri have communicated the science and importance of plate tectonics through time. Continue reading →

The Cheshire Energy Research Field Site
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The Cheshire Energy Research Field Site

Posted on February 22, 2018 by sarah • Leave a comment

Just as during the space age astronomers wanted to create the Jodrell Bank Observatory to discover some of the secrets of the universe, 70 years later geoscientists want to create an observatory that can look into our own planet to discover new solutions for global problems. Continue reading →

A Blog 400 Million Years in the Making
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A Blog 400 Million Years in the Making

Posted on February 2, 2018 by sarah • Leave a comment

A guest blog from geologist and science communicator Haydon Mort. Continue reading →

Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
Education / Features / Interviews

Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Amy Ball • 2 Comments

Fiann Smithwick, scientific adviser and part of the fossil excavation team for the BBC 1 documentary ‘Attenborough and the Sea Dragon’, speaks to us about his experiences working on a natural history documentary with Sir David Attenborough, his fossil hunting and his PhD topic of fossil colour… Continue reading →

A geologist’s holiday – the 2017 Aegean earthquake
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A geologist’s holiday – the 2017 Aegean earthquake

Posted on November 28, 2017 by sarah • 1 Comment

As tremors continue in the Aegean, the British Geological Survey’s Debbie Rayner recounts her experience of a magnitude 6.6 earthquake which struck during a family holiday on Kos earlier this year… Continue reading →

The future of plate tectonics research: The International Ocean Discovery Program
Education / Features

The future of plate tectonics research: The International Ocean Discovery Program

Posted on November 3, 2017 by sarah • Leave a comment

A guest post from Dr Lloyd White, Lecturer in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Wollongong, Australia, who is currently on board the JOIDES Resolution research vessel as part of the International Ocean Discovery Program. Continue reading →

The Country That Shook: Nepal two years after the earthquake
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The Country That Shook: Nepal two years after the earthquake

Posted on June 6, 2017 by sarah • Leave a comment

A guest post from artist Sophie Maliphant about her project to raise money for Nepal following the devastating 2015 earthquake. Continue reading →

The Lochranza Field Studies Centre
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The Lochranza Field Studies Centre

Posted on April 11, 2017 by sarah • 2 Comments

A guest post from Stuart Blake, Director of the Locharanza Centre, on the survival of the Locharanza Field Studies Centre Continue reading →

To fry or to freeze?
Features

To fry or to freeze?

Posted on January 18, 2017 by sarah • Leave a comment

Professor Bill McGuire explains some of the geological effects of climate change, following his recent London Lecture at the Geological Society Continue reading →

Door 21: Where’s Willy – The Last Chapter
Advent calendar / Features

Door 21: Where’s Willy – The Last Chapter

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Florence Bullough • Leave a comment

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