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Graham Leslie, Mark Cooper and Brian McConnell have recast the regional geological map of northern Ireland in 3D.
‘Art researcher’ or ‘exotic pet’? Jeanine Breaker reflects on her art-science research experience, including a Leverhulme Trust research fellowship at NERC British Geological Survey.
Nigel Hughes tells Sarah Day about a pioneering Earth science outreach project in Bengal, India.
Our appeal to conserve and digitise the Louis Agassiz fossil fish portfolio has raised over £10,000.
The Society’s Library is cutting periodic...
It has been a busy few months for the Society’s policy advisers, says Florence Bullough
Kerbstones, once the staple product of the UK quarrying industry, are now a staple of urban geology tours. But what do those markings mean?
Kerbstones are the very stuff of many urban geology tours. But Peter Dolan* has become captivated by their occasional enigmatic markings…
Heavy rains in 2012 saw media and social media ...
Double the value this week - one exhibition and seven new books reviewed
Geologist and science writer Nina Morgan discovers how an underdog came out on top
The annual celebration for Society authors and editors, in pictures
Two Aberdeen lads have joined forces to put Europe’s deepest open pit back at the heart of Aberdeen’s cultural life.
Geoscientist has a number of books available for Fellows to review. We also invite publishers to send us books to be reviewed.