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Geoscientist Online

Welcome to the online version of the Geological Society's Fellowship magazine. As well as the online magazine, these pages feature news and updates from the Society and the geoscience community.

Alberta tarred by oil sands brush

Draa Valley fossil Adler deWind reports on new research challenging official reassurances that tar sand mining in Alberta, Canada, does not damage the environment or human health.

Dryas dust research reveals no impact

Linheraptor exquisitus The Younger Dryas Impact Theory suffers yet another blow, as new research discredits the last "evidence" still standing, reports Dwain Eldred.

Rare and Getting Rarer

Keller Sue Bowler describes a new BGS report that suggests big shortages in crucial rare earth elements may be looming in the not too distant future.

Geoneutrino Conundrum

Artist's impression of exoplanet COROT 7b Ian Randall reports on mysterious anti-neutrinos, recently discovered streaming from the Earth's deep interior by the Borexino Collaboration, in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, Italy.

The Burning of the Leaves

Peale Ian Randall reports on why recent research on fossil floras from the Triassic/Jurassic boundary may be urging us to plant more broad-leaved varieties as the globe warms...