As the national forum of debate and development of cutting-edge Earth science, The Geological Society has a special responsibility to communicate geoscience and its importance to the Government, the media, and the general public. As part of this commitment to support geoscientists, the profession and society, the Geological Society has been involved with Voice of … Continue reading
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the simulation of human intelligence by computer systems, including learning, reasoning, and self-correction. It’s use in everyday life is becoming more prevalent, from digital assistants like Siri and Alexa, to personalized recommendations and targeted advertising. AI is being increasingly used in geoscience to improve data analysis, modelling techniques, and decision-making. Some … Continue reading
How can geology help with the decarbonisation of our society? Continue reading
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
After a successful international Petroleum Group meeting, Ben Kilhams asks, will the current political climate, and especially Brexit, bring an end to cross-border collaborative meetings? Continue reading
The Geological Society’s 2016 Lyell Meeting, which takes place on 9 March, will look at palaeoninformatics – the information technology used to manage, preserve and distribute palaeontological data ‘Palaeontological data is our record of life on earth, and of the history of our biosphere’ says University College London’s Dr Jeremy Young, who is co-convening the … Continue reading
When we think of UK oil and gas, we probably think first of the North Sea – but the origins of the UK’s oil industry are in some unexpected places…. Next week, our Petroleum Group and History of Geology Group are teaming up to hold a conference celebrating a number of anniversaries, including the centenary … Continue reading
One of our nominated 100geosites took centre stage yesterday at the British Science Festival, as Professor Vincent Gaffney and colleagues unveiled the latest from the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project, led by the University of Birmingham in conjunction with the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology. Continue reading
In the second of our Climate Week blogs, we look at the controversial issue of exploring the Arctic for oil and gas resources. The Arctic has fascinated explorers for hundreds of years, from Rennaissance attempts to find a Northwest Passage, to the 20th century race for the North Pole. For the oil and gas industry, … Continue reading
We’re pretty excited about our British Science Festival event next week, ‘Stranger than fiction? Dinosaurs, Monsters and Myths‘. Not only are we hearing from two palaeontologists, Dr Phil Manning and Dr Joanna Wright, about how they reconstruct dinosaurs, but we’ll be joined by Frame Store’s Mike Milne, the graphics brain behind Walking With Dinosaurs since … Continue reading
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