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Laurance Donnelly and Martin Culshaw discuss ‘The new Abandoned Mine Workings Manual (C758D)’, a manual that provides a risk-based approach to the identification, evaluation, mitigation and remediation of mining hazards and their associated risks.
Reviewed by Leigh Sharpe
Bruce Yardley (Leeds University) has been appointed Chief Geologist by The Radioactive Waste Management Directorate (RWMD) of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).
Chartership Officer Bill Gaskarth reports on a projected new logo for use by CGeols, advice on applications and company training schemes
The Society has published an addendum to 'Climate Change: Evidence from the Geological Record' (November 2010) taking account of new research
Oliver Pritchard, Stephen Hallett, and Timothy Farewell consider the role of soil science in maintaining the British 'evolved road'
Kathryn Goodenough* on a Society-sponsored hunt for the rare metals that underpin new technologies
As Nina Morgan Discovers, the debate over HS2 is nothing new...
Ted Nield hails the new refurbished Council Room as evidence that the Society is growing up
Fellows - renew, vote for Council, and volunteer for Earth Science Week 2014! Also - who is honoured in the Society's Awards and Medals 2014.
Peter Fookes (Imperial College, London) celebrated at Society event in honour of Engineering Group Working Parties and their reports
When are University Earth Science departments going to shed their outmoded obsession with maths, physics and chemistry?
Nancy Tupholme, Librarian of the Society and the Royal Society, has died, reports Wendy Cawthorne.
Ted Nield reviews the refurbishment of the Council Room, Burlington House
You can help the Haslemere Educational Museum to identify subjects in Sir Archibald Geikie's amazing field notebook sketches, writes John Betterton.
Who are the top 100 UK practising scientists? The Science Council knows...
Ted Nield wonders if as geologists we are still a bit too 'hairy arsed'.
Should CCS be used to allow the extraction of particularly polluting forms of carbon? Ian Duncan MEP FGS investigates.
Colin Summerhayes on the history of climate-change science, 1750-1900
Sarah Boulton and Jodie Fisher on the 'Girls into Geoscience' initiative.
Ted Nield interviews the incoming Executive Secretary, Dr Richard Hughes
Nina Morgan discovers that a little geochemistry can go a along way...
Nik Reynolds on the recent Geology Schools' Challenge (North West Regional Group).
Results of the ballot for Council and President-Elect
News of the President's Awards 2017, and the running order for President's Day.
Chartership Office Bill Gaskarth announces a new Manchester-based mentoring workshop
The Society welcomes the formation of a new Specialist Group dedicated to the study of Contaminated Land.
Malcolm Brown, President, introduces the Society's new 10-year Strategy.
Six new book reviews by Tim Tubby, Mark Griffin, Caroline Mason, Dick Moody and Chris Carlon.
GeoBus is still going - and making the stops - reports Jennifer Brooke
Petroleum and structural geologist who became a prominent voice for ornithology and conservation in his native South Africa.