A guest post from Science from the Start’s Laura Hobbs.. “Under-fives tend to be an underserved audience for informal science learning, but even the youngest babies are using their senses to learn about the world around them all the time – they’re never too young! Science from the Start Continue reading
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2015 – the Year of Mud!
We’re kicking of a series of themed years, by declaring 2015 the year of mud, mud, glorious mud! Geological Society Council Member Lucy Slater explains… Continue reading
Door 8: The 1631 eruption of Mt Vesuvius
The 100geosites film quiz!
‘Frankly my dear, I don’t give a geosite’* We have finally unleashed the 100 Great Geosites list on the world this week, which has gained some considerable attention! The geosite nominations, which are famous for their excellent geology or spectacular scenery, have also caught the eye of many a film maker over … Continue reading
Earth Science Week: Geobingo and the 100 geosites nominations
Day 2 of Earth Science Week saw events happening across the country, from Fort William to Northern Ireland, as well continued coverage of our #100geosites project. Continue reading
Earth Science Week: Launch of the 100 Great Geosites list!
Happy Earth Science Week! We’re thrilled to launch our list of 100 Great UK and Ireland Geosites, to mark this year’s Earth Science Week. It’s the culmination of a seven month project, which saw over 400 public nominations for your favourite geosites. Split into 10 categories, the list reflects the incredible … Continue reading
British Science Festival 2014: ‘We are all catastrophists now’
The theory that the dramatic landscapes of the Columbia River Plateau were caused by massive flooding in the distant past might not sound too controversial. But, as Sanjeev Gupta told us in our British Science Festival event yesterday, the theory, first proposed in 1923 by American geologist J Harlen Bretz, was so controversial it sparked a … Continue reading
The Great Schools Geobakeoff!
Buoyed by the phenomenon that was the 2014 Great Geobakeoff, we thought it was about time the schools got a look-in. And what better day to launch, than the day the Great British Bakeoff returns to our screens? Cake is a handy, versatile way to explain a lot of geological concepts, from stratigraphy and faulting … Continue reading
100 Great Geosites nomination: Eglwyseg Escarpment
A 100 Great Geosites nomination from Raymond Roberts, Senior Geologist at Natural Resources Wales I could easily have chosen a dozen or so sites for my favourite geosites. In the end I chose my local one – The Eglwyseg Escarpment. Continue reading
The Great Geobakeoff – the results!
A few weeks ago, we set you a challenge. With Easter on the way, and a blog post about Silurian Death Assemblage cupcakes proving popular, we gave birth to the Great Geobakeoff. Nearly 100 entries later, what have we learned? Well, mostly, we’ve learned that cake and geology go really, really well together. Before we … Continue reading
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