Ammonites – mythology to modern era
Zoom Talkgiven 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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Talks
Geoconservation – principles into practice
Zoom Talkgiven 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 Talkgiven 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 Talkgiven 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 […]
Mammal miniaturisation during Paleogene hyperthermals: a new palaeodietary perspective
over Zoomgiven by Dr. Neil Adams (University of Oxford Natural History Museum) Abstract: A repeated response to abrupt climate warming among vertebrates is body size reduction, which has been observed in […]
The eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat
over Zoomgiven 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 […]
AGM followed by a talk on What can satellites tell you about local geology?
over Zoomgiven by Jo Conway (Herts County Council & HGS). Abstract: The talk is based on one presented recently as the summary of my dissertation topic for the Masters course in […]
Percy Evans Lecture on Tunnelling the Chilterns:
over ZoomProgress 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 Kingdomgiven 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 […]
Preliminary observations and implications of a new Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) lagerstätte in Wiltshire, UK
Oaklands College Sapsed Room (SR), Oaklands College, St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdomwith a focus on the micropalaeontology and geochemistry given by Dr. Steve Stukins (Senior Curator Micropalaeontology, Natural History Museum, London) Abstract: A new UK Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) lagerstätte has been […]
BBC Radio 4 – In Touch
BBC Radio 4Tune 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 Kingdomgiven 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 […]