Talk by Dr. Andrew Rushby, Birkbeck College, University of London unfortunately had to be cancelled. We hope to reschedule the talk and include it in our 2025 programme. Abstract The climates of terrestrial planets are affected by their host star, the properties of their atmospheres, as well as any land, ocean, and icy surfaces, in […]

 Talk by Professor John Cosgrove, Imperial College London. Which will be followed by a visit to the Albert Memorial on Saturday 5 October 2024.

Talk by Dr Joe McNeil, Natural History Museum, London. Abstract: Before the first observations of Mars by orbiting spacecraft in the 1970s, it was widely thought that the red planet resembled Earth's Moon in its geology. However, decades of robotic exploration by orbiters, landers, and rovers alike have radically reshaped our understanding, revealing Mars’ unique […]

Talk by Dr. Emma Nicholls, Oxford University Museum of Natural History Abstract: The full-scale excavation in 2021 uncovered the largest near-complete reptile skeleton ever found in Britain. The animal nicknamed the ‘Rutland Sea Dragon’, would have been around 10m long, in life, and is thought to be the first confirmed record of its species, Temnodontosaurus […]

Desiccated Reading Formation clays around the London Underground Jubilee Line between Baker Street and Bond Street stations. Image is in the public domain at Bowers, Keith, and Neil Moss, 2018. "Investigation and reconstruction of a London Underground tunnel, UK." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Civil Engineering. Vol. 171. No. 50th anniversary lecture by Dr. […]