Geological Society Of London

We're very excited to launch our first ever Geoscientist magazine cover competition! Help us mark the 100th anniversary of female members by designing us a cover for the May issue - send us your entries by 17 March! https://blog.geolsoc.org.uk/…/geoscient ist-magazine-cover-…/

Happy New #YearofCarbon! The fifth in our series of themed years will explore the geoscience of carbon through research conferences, lectures, outreach activities and more - find out more about what's planned at www.geolsoc.org.uk/yearofcarbon

Happy new year to all our Fellows, friends and followers! If you missed the conclusion of our 2018 Great Geoadvent, we rounded off with some of the highlights from last year's blog posts - catch up here! https://blog.geolsoc.org.uk/…/…/the-g reat-geoadvent-door-24/

2018 isn't over yet, but we've already decided on our theme for 2020 - the Year of Life! Find out more: https://blog.geolsoc.org.uk/…/announcin g-our-theme-for-202…/ #GSLYearofLife

Are you following our Great #Geoadvent? A new post each day featuring an image from one of our photo competitions and a geological description - visit our blog for daily updates! https://blog.geolsoc.org.uk/

How can geologists help in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals? We've published a briefing note, prepared together with the British Geological Survey and Geology for Global Development, on the critical role that geologists play.
“The 2015 UN Global Initiatives including the Sustainable Development Goals are a call to all geoscientists to act and develop our research for the benefit of lives and livelihoods everywhere. Growing our geoscience to tackle d...evelopment issues is an exciting challenge requiring new partnerships and integrated research. This briefing note is a valuable first step in the discussion on how and where geology can make a difference.”
Martin Smith, Science Director, BGS Global.
Visit our website to download the briefing note: www.geolsoc.org.uk/sustainabledevelopment
For more information and some examples of how geology and the SDGs interact, visit our launch blog:
https://blog.geolsoc.org.uk/…/geology-a nd-the-un-sustainab…/
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Named in 1808 by Sir Humphry Davy (one of our founding members a year earlier!) #magnesite is used in aircraft, laptops, cans, cars and fireworks, with 70-80% of supply currently controlled by China. Hand specimen sketch by Hazel Gibson for our #YearofResources gallery! See more at https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/mineralgallery #MineralMonday

New on our blog: Four female geologists who deserve £50 fame! #ThinkScience #WomenInSTEM https://blog.geolsoc.org.uk/…/four-fema le-geologists-who-d…/

Our 2019 #EarthScienceWeek calendar, 'Earth Science in our Lives' is available NOW for £5! Featuring the 12 winners of this year's photography competition - order online or visit us at Burlington House - limited copies available! #EarthSciWeek #photography https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/mcal19

We were founded 211 years ago today! The minutes of our first meeting, held on Friday 13th November 1807, record:
'That there be forthwith instituted a Geological Society for the purpose of making geologists acquainted with each other, of stimulating their zeal, of inducing them to adopt one nomenclature, of facilitating the communications of new facts and of ascertaining what is known in their science and what remains to be discovered.'
There were thirteen founding members p...resent:
Arthur Aikin (1773-1854) William Allen (1770-1843) William Babington(1756-1833) Humphry Davy (1778-1829) Comte Jacques-Louis de Bournon (1751-1825) James Franck (d. 1843) George Bellas Greenough (1778-1855) Richard Knight (1768-1844) James Laird (d.1840) James Parkinson (1755-1824) William Hasledine Pepys (1775-1856) Richard Phillips (1778-1851) William Phillips (1773-1828)
You can read more about our history at www.geolsoc.org.uk/history
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New on our blog: 'Military geology: An innovation of the 1914-1918 war' - a guest post from Ted Rose on the contributions geologists have made to military campaigns https://blog.geolsoc.org.uk/…/military- geology-an-innovati…/

We're looking forward to being at the The Geologists Association Festival of Geology at UCL this weekend! Moon rocks, tours of the Earth Science Laboratories, talks and more! Open 10.30 - 4.30, find out more at https://geologistsassociation.org.uk/fest ival/

We're currently accepting meeting proposals for our 2019/2020 programmes - get in touch or find out more on our website! #geoscience #YearofCarbon https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/meetingproposa l-submit

The international fossil trade from the Paleozoic of the Anti-Atlas, Morocco The fossil trade of Paleozoic material from southern Morocco was estimated by some North American media to reach about US$ 40 million a year, and it supplies fossil shows and shops all over the world. In its initial stages of extraction, preparation and export, this trade constitutes the main source of income to more than 50 000 people in an area basically conscribed within the triangle made by Alnif–Erfoud–Taouz (eastern Anti-Atlas), and generated a true ‘fossil industry’...read more http://sp.lyellcollection.org/conte…/ea rly/2018/…/19/SP485.1

Have you completed a master’s thesis relevant to natural resource exploration? Submit your abstract for the 2018 Earth Model Award competition! Deadline is fast approaching - enter by October 31 to win cash prizes & an opportunity to present internationally https://www.ienergy.community/EarthModelA ward