Gower was the UK’s first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is a popular destination for geological field excursions because of the wide range of interesting and instructive geological and related geomorphological phenomena displayed there, and all within a relatively compact area. Sitting at the southern edge of the South Wales … Continue reading
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Part two: Problems in the field
Part two of a guest blog from Layik Hama at the University of Leeds. Layik is undertaking a research project on finding techniques that will lead to the development of an app for use in the field. You can read part 1 of his blog here. Novice geologists participating in introductory level field work are … Continue reading
British Science Festival 2012
It’s that time of year again! We’re off to the British Science Festival this week, and whether you can join us in Aberdeen or not, here’s where you’ll find all the geology news and updates. Our own flagship event, ‘May the force be with us’ is happening on wednesday 5th at 1pm. But it’s not … Continue reading
Balancing act
Sarah Day visits the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival and meets local artist Adrian Gray, whose amazing stone balancing sculptures have audiences on the beach enthralled. Originally published in Geoscientist Online, 30 May 2012 ‘Balance is intuitive. You have to stop thinking about the physics of it.’ Like most scientists, faced with the seemingly impossible, my … Continue reading
Earth Science Week day 5: chocolate rocks and angel cake layers….
It has come to our attention that, as well as being Earth Science Week, it is currently Chocolate Week. An opportunity too good to miss, to combine geology and sweets in a fabulous smorgasbord of delicious learning. Disclaimer: all of the experiments outlined below are highly technical and scientific, and should in no way be … Continue reading
Earth Science Week day 3: what on Earth is geocaching?
Earth Science Week is a great opportunity to explore the geology in your area – especially as we’re experiencing some unseasonably good weather! A great way to do this is by ‘geocaching’ (pronounced geo-kash-ing). A growing hobby in the US, here in the UK geocaching is still fairly unknown. Let me explain – or take … Continue reading
Earth Science Week day 2: How to make a kitchen volcano….
Last week, we blogged about the best volcanic hang outs for aspiring super-villains. Realistically though, we know many of you Evil Geologists can’t afford a lair to call your own – in view of this, we present the (sort of) next best thing. A volcano in your very own kitchen… Continue reading
Earth Science Week 2011 – Fossil map of the UK
The UK’s first Earth Science Week begins today! Earth Science Week has been happening in the USA annually since 1998, organised by the American Geological Institute, and we’re very pleased to host the first UK week alongside. Continue reading
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