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Door 22 – Sticking with turkey
Sticking with turkey – the life and death of the dodo Continue reading
Door 21 – Let it snow!
Behind door 21 of the geoadvent, the Geological Society’s Publishing House has some suggestions for some festive reading… Continue reading
Door 18 – Beneath the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree: A simple overview of London’s geology
In today’s geoadvent post, GSL Education Officer Amy Ball explores the geology beneath the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree… Continue reading
Door 15 – Dispatch from Patagonia: The amazing Torres del Paine National Park
Flo Bullough continues her Patagonia reporting with a dispatch from the incredible Torres del Paine National Park! Continue reading
Door 14 – Xmas Sticks & Stones
Regular Geoscientist readers will be familiar with the ongoing adventures of Dalston and Gibbet, our resident cartoon geologists. Here they are with some favourites from the Christmas archives…. Continue reading
Door 12 – Can’t See the Wood for the Trees
Today’s geoadvent post features another unusual treasure from our map library… Continue reading
Door 11 – The Geological Society Christmas Quiz!
Before we kick off, a reminder of the Great Geoadvent Challenge… Yesterday’s window was The Caingorms, Scotland- leave a comment below identifying which plate tectonic story is featured in today’s window to take part! Continue reading
Door 10 – It looks like reindeer…
This post is an extract from an article by Marion Ferrat, which originally appeared on Four Degrees, part of the EGU blogs network. In our third look at links between geology and Christmas, Marion Ferrat looks at the ecological impact of reindeer… Continue reading
Door 7 – Wrapping up for Christmas!
This post by Florence Bullough originally appeared on Four Degrees, part of the EGU blogs network. In our second look at links between geology and Christmas, Flo Bullough investigates the geological origins of wrapping paper… Continue reading
