Could cultivating broad-leaved plants really prove a practical precaution against the potential dangers of global warming? Ian Randall* reports.
Geoscientist Online 12 August 2010
An international team of researchers has discovered an increase in fire activity at the Triassic/Jurassic boundary, 200 million years ago. They believe it was caused by a climate-driven increase in lighting strikes...
Climate change holds a special relevance to geoscientists, who use the evidence preserved in rock and fossil records to gain an informed perspective on present and future trends in climate.
18 March 2011
March 21 - 27 is the UK's first 'Climate Week', with the aim of raising awareness of the issues surrounding our changing climate, and what can be done. To recognise Climate Week, the Geological...
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has launched an inquiry into Marine Science. You can read the terms of reference for the inquiry here: http://bit.ly/WAqabu
Submitted 19th September 2012
The Geological Society is the UK’s learned and professional body for Geoscience, with more than 10,500 Fellows (members) worldwide. The Fellowship encompasses those working in indus...
This document presents the key recommendations arising from a meeting at the Royal Society convened to address the question of 'how to plug the energy gap'.
The meeting, chaired by Lord Oxburgh, considered a report prepared by John Loughhead (executive director, UK Energy Research Centre) based on a multidisciplinary meeting of 150 scientific and economic specialists under the auspices of the Geo...
Antarctic forests may be about to make a comeback, according to new research from Royal Holloway, University of London, published this week.
Geoscientist online, 08 March 2012
A comprehensive database of fossilised Cretaceous forests has been compiled for the first time, allowing scientists to create maps of 100 million year-old forests. The maps have provided the most accurate picture yet of a...
Dear Editor, I should point out that while my studies of the geological history of climate change convince me that emissions of CO2 from whatever source cause the atmosphere to warm, sea level to rise, and the ocean to become slightly more acid, I did spend 12 years in the oil and gas business (6 with Exxon Production Research in Houston, Texas, and 6 with BP Research in Sunbury-on-Thames), finall...
The Natural Environment Research Council has launched a Call for Evidence into 'Shaping NERC's Priorities'. Details of this inquiry can be found on the NERC website. The submission produced by the Geological Society can be found below:
Submitted 23 March 2015
Q1 What emerging research and innovation opportunities promise to make the biggest impact on societal challenges?
Finding and using ...
24 October 2013
The world’s oceans are capable of sustaining 10.5 billion people at a European standard of living for hundreds of centuries to come, according to an article by Lawrence Cathles, Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Science at Cornell University, to be published in a Geological Society special publication this week.
‘What is most lacking is optimism’, Cathles claims...
Oil has a rosy future despite the threat of climate change, says David Waltham*.
You’d expect a Petroleum-MSc Director to say that, and it is undeniably hard for someone in my position to be unbiased, but here’s my view anyway.
The lazy solution would be to embrace climate-change scepticism - but that’s not scientifically tenable. There are three relevant ques...
On February 4 2004, ExxonMobil issued a statement that revealed that the rift between oil giants in Europe and the US is healing ? a trend that first became evident at a Society debate meeting in March 2003...
In March 2003 the Geological Society hosted a dramatic debate (picture) as part of its major conference, Coping with Climate Change. The evening forum session, chaired by Society President ...