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ZEISS-GSL Scholarship winners announced
We’re delighted to announce the two winners of the first ever Zeiss-GSL Scholarship, awarded for innovative microscopy in Earth science related projects! Continue reading
Thank you to all our reviewers in 2018!
As we start a new year of publishing, we’d like to say a big thank you to all our wonderful reviewers in 2018! Continue reading
Quicquid subterra est (Whatever is under the Earth)
How do geologists know what the interior of the Earth looks like? Continue reading
Geoscientist magazine cover competition!
We’re excited to launch the first (as far as we know) cover competition for our popular monthly members magazine, Geoscientist! Continue reading
Announcing our theme for 2020 – the Year of Life
We’re excited to announce our theme for 2020 – the Year of Life! Throughout the year we’ll be exploring life in a geoscience context through research conferences, lectures, education programme and other Society activities. Continue reading
Geology and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
As part of exploring the role of geoscience in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Geological Society has been working with the British Geological Survey and Geology for Global Development to develop a briefing note of the role of geology and geologists in delivering the SDGs. Continue reading
Four female geologists who deserve £50 note fame!
Earlier this month, the Bank of England announced it would be selecting a new face of the £50 note, which has featured steam engine industrialists Matthew Boulton and James Watt since 2011. The scientific community was excited to learn that the new note will feature a scientist – and the public have been invited to … Continue reading
Earth Science in our Lives – Earth Science Week 2018
Earth Science Week is an annual international celebration of the geology all around us. Coordinated by the American Geosciences Institute in the US, and the Geological Society in the UK and Ireland, the week now also takes place in an increasing number of countries worldwide. 2018’s Earth Science Week was bigger than ever! This year, … Continue reading
Military geology: an innovation of the 1914-18 World War
A guest post from Ted Rose, Honorary Research Fellow at Royal Holloway’s Department of Earth Sciences On 11 November 1918 the guns fell silent on the Western Front, and the First World War horrors of trench warfare came to an end. The centenary of that armistice will be widely celebrated and much featured in the … Continue reading
