On the 21st of March 2024, we hosted this year’s Schools Geology Challenge final at Burlington House. It was an exciting and inspiring day with 10 teams competing to win the trophy and £500 towards geoscience education at their school! What is the Challenge? The Schools Geology Challenge is an annual competition for students aged … Continue reading
Earth Science Week 2023 (8th-14th October) is an exciting opportunity to celebrate the theme “Geoscience Innovating for Earth and People”. During Earth Science Week, organisations around the globe host events that encourage people to connect with the world around them and, in line with the theme, think about the way geoscience influences our world and … Continue reading
By Beki Hooper Beki Hooper is a Pushcart Prize nominated poet. Her poems have appeared in two anthologies and multiple international literary magazines. She often writes on themes of nature, mortality and psychology. She is also a scientist, and holds a doctorate in corvid cognition. You can follow her on Twitter @BekiHooper. “Don’t tell me … Continue reading
On the 13th October 2022, the International Science Council (ISC) held its meeting of the European members, co-hosted by the Royal Society and British Academy. Continue reading
This guest post is written by Josh Brown, about his two months interning at the Etna Volcano Observatory in Sicily. Continue reading
Flo Bullough and Megan O’Donnell share their reflections on the second week of international negotiations at the 26th UN Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. The second week of the long-awaited 2021 UN climate conference has culminated in the announcement of the Glasgow Climate Pact. This international agreement strengthens global ambitions to mitigate the … Continue reading
Updates from the first week of the 26th UN Conference of the Parties in Glasgow. Continue reading
In late 2014, we signed up to the Science Council Declaration on Diversity, Equality and Inclusion, committing us to promoting a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion within the geoscience community. Continue reading
Renowned for its desolate and unforgiving landscape, Antarctica is the driest, coldest, windiest continent on the planet. Continue reading
e the amazing ways in which the geoscience community are working to bring geology into the wider world through innovative outreach projects. Continue reading
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