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  • Ammonites – mythology to modern era

    Zoom Talk

    given by Dr Mick Oates (Retired: BG) Abstract: Ammonites are a popular subject, as they are both common and rather attractive planispiral fossils.  So it is no surprise that they […]

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  • Geoconservation – principles into practice

    Zoom Talk

    given by Dr Colin Prosser (Principle Specialist in Geoconservation, Natural England). Rearranged from October 2020. Abstract: The UK is extremely geodiverse with many geological features and sites of international, national […]

  • Geoscience, and the World After Oil

    Zoom Talk

    given by Tony Doré (Global Chief Scientist, Energy & Geoscience Institute (EGI) agdore@gmail.com, tdore@egi.utah.edu) Abstract: Meeting burgeoning global energy demand while mitigating anthropogenic climate change must overcome the challenges of […]

  • The last British Ice Sheet

    Zoom Talk

    given by Dr Bethan Davies (Royal Holloway, University of London) Abstract: Understanding how the last British-Irish Ice Sheet behaved in response to external climatic forcing may be used as an […]

  • The eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat

    over Zoom

    given by Prof. Steve Sparks (University of Bristol). Abstract: The volcanic eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat (1995 to 2010) is one of the most detailed studied eruptions of […]

  • Percy Evans Lecture on Tunnelling the Chilterns:

    over Zoom

    Progress so far; understanding the risks; and how technology, planning and logistics help address the challenges of tunnelling through a highly fractured chalk aquifer. given by David Eve (ALIGN, Head […]

  • Civil engineering meets geology: Panama Canal

    Oaklands College Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    given by Dr. Tony Waltham, travelling geologist. Abstract: A long and varied history of great canal construction extended throughout the 1800s, and included the first attempt at a canal across […]

  • BBC Radio 4 – In Touch

    BBC Radio 4

    Tune in to In Touch to hear HGS member Mike Lambert talking about access to museums.

  • The Anthropocene: a new epoch of geological time characterised by humans

    Oaklands College Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    given by Prof. Mark Williams (University of Leicester). Abstract: The Holocene Epoch was a time of growing human population, urbanisation, agriculture and industry. But over the past 200 years, and […]