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Earth’s Climate Evolution analyzes reports and records of past climate change dating back to the late 18th century to uncover key patterns in the climate system. The book will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about future climate change.
20% discount available before May 2015.
It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of Professor David Oldroyd, one of the most distinguished historians of geology of our time.
The Upper Library of the Geological Society of London was transformed into its previous incarnation as the Society’s Museum, in order to provide the venue for ‘an elementary class on fossils’ given by Edward Charlesworth (1813-1883).
A new evaluation of geological history might help resolve the riddle of the ‘Cambrian explosion’, the rapid diversification of animal life in the fossil record 530 million years ago.
24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine Manchester, England Monday 22 – Sunday 28 July, 2013 The UK’s History of Geology committee (Hogg), working with UK INHIGEO members, organised the 2013 INHIGEO conference, during the 24th international Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine (iCHSTM). Abstracts from the two INHIGEO symposia […]
In 1930 James Richey and Herbert Thomas, working for the British Geological Survey, completed their mapping of Ardnamurchan, one of four extinct volcanoes on Scotland’s northwest coast that mark the opening of the North Atlantic Ocean 60 million years ago. Their meticulous work revealed that indeed it was an ancient volcano, with the famous […]
It’s 50 years this week since Vine and Matthews published their paper that confirmed the theory of plate tectonics. Read the full story.
One hundred years ago, Piltdown man was revealed to the world at a packed and excited meeting at the Geological Society of London on 18 December 1912. It was hailed as a very early species of human – possibly even a missing link between man and ape that Charles Darwin had predicted. It was of […]
HoGG conference on Geological Collectors and Collecting, held at the Natural History Museum London in April 2011. For abstracts and programme click here.
