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The Great Geoadvent: Door 24
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The Great Geoadvent: Door 24

Posted on December 24, 2018 by sarah • Leave a comment

We’ve reached the end of another geoadvent season!  Continue reading →

Door 24 – Quiz answers, challenge winners and a very merry Christmas!
2017 Advent Calendar / Advent calendar

Door 24 – Quiz answers, challenge winners and a very merry Christmas!

Posted on December 24, 2017 by sarah • Leave a comment

The 2017 Great Geoadvent comes to an end! Continue reading →

Door 22 – Sticking with turkey
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Door 22 – Sticking with turkey

Posted on December 22, 2017 by sarah • 3 Comments

Sticking with turkey – the life and death of the dodo Continue reading →

Door 21 – Let it snow!
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Door 21 – Let it snow!

Posted on December 21, 2017 by sarah • 3 Comments

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
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Door 18 – Beneath the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree: A simple overview of London’s geology

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Amy Ball • 7 Comments

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
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Door 15 – Dispatch from Patagonia: The amazing Torres del Paine National Park

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Florence Bullough • 3 Comments

Flo Bullough continues her Patagonia reporting with a dispatch from the incredible Torres del Paine National Park! Continue reading →

Door 14 – Xmas Sticks & Stones
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Door 14 – Xmas Sticks & Stones

Posted on December 14, 2017 by sarah • 2 Comments

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
2017 Advent Calendar / Advent calendar

Door 12 – Can’t See the Wood for the Trees

Posted on December 12, 2017 by paul • 3 Comments

Today’s geoadvent post features another unusual treasure from our map library… Continue reading →

Door 11 – The Geological Society Christmas Quiz!
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Door 11 – The Geological Society Christmas Quiz!

Posted on December 11, 2017 by sarah • 4 Comments

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…
2017 Advent Calendar / Advent calendar

Door 10 – It looks like reindeer…

Posted on December 10, 2017 by sarah • 1 Comment

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 →

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