Geo News 2017
Links to Some Recent Interesting News about Rocks & Fossils
Knighthood for Bristol volcanologist Stephen Sparks (December 30th '17)
- bristol uni: sparks knighthood - Bristol University news article
Complete Continental Drift Globe (December 19th '17)
- Geol Soc Blog: Drift Globe - Geology Society Blog advent calendar item
Fossil orphans reunited with parents after half a billion years (December 13th '17)
- Geology Page Fossil orphans reunited - Geology Page article
Molecule that kick-started life on earth? (December 11th '17)
- Science Alert: phosphorylation - Science Alert news article
Pterosaur eggs reveal early life of flying reptiles (December 2nd '17)
- Palaeocast: Pterosaur eggs discovery - Palaeocast blog post
Interactive map of climate through geological time (November '17)
- BGS: Climate Through Time - BGS interactive map
When tectonics killed everything (November '17)
- Geology Page When Tectonics Killed All - Geology Page article
Feathered dinosaurs (November '17)
- BBC R4 feathered dinosaurs - In Our Time radio discussion
Ichthyosaur fossil discovered for first time in India (October 29th '17)
- BBC Indian ichthyosaur - BBC news item
Earth’s interior is teeming with dead plates (October 22nd, '17)
- Ars Technica dead tectonic plates - news article
Free to download Earth Heritage Magazine (October 15th, '17)
- Earth Heritage Mag - latest issue is No. 48
Plate Tectonics' 50th Birthday (October 14th '17)
- Geol Soc plate tectonic stories - new on-line project
Geology Society of London Photographic Competition Winners (October 11th '17)
- Geol Soc 2017 Photo Comp Winners - photo gallery
New evidence on how birds took to the air (October 10th '17)
- BBC how birds took to the air - news article
Squid was Last Meal of Newborn ichthyosaur (October 3rd '17)
- Phys Org Ichthyosaur last meal - review article
Plate Tectonics' 50th Birthday (October 2nd '17)
- In our Time Plate Tectonics - BBC iPlayer radio programme
- BBC News Plate Tectonics BDay - BBC News article
- Nature Plate Tectonics BDay - Nature news & views article
Oldest traces of life on Earth may lurk in Canadian rocks (28th September '17)
- Nature Oldest Life Traces - news article
Interactive Pangaea Map With Modern International Borders (27th September '17)
- Brilliant Maps Pangea - interactive globe
Early trilobites had stomachs, new fossil study finds (24th September '17)
- Physics Org Trilobyte stomachs - review article
‘Mysterious’ ancient creature was definitely an animal (16th September '17)
- Geology Page Ediacran fossil is animal - review article
Pregnant Ichthyosaurus (28th August '17)
- BBC Ichthyosaurus - science news article
- Geology Page Pregnant Ichthyosaurus - review article
Cambrian Explosion Cause (August '17)
- BBC Algae that Changed the Earth - Science in Action iPlayer radio programme
- Ars Technica Origins of Life on Earth - review article
- Geology Page Mystery Solved - review article
- Nature Cambrian Explosion - short preview of original article (full text behind paywall)
Trilobite Eggs found (August '17)
- Geology Page Trilobite Eggs - review article
Impact of Geology on Stonehenge Tunnel (August '17)
- GeoPeople Blog Stonehenge Geology Impact - opinion article
Make your own customised, printable UK Geological Map (July '17)
- BGS Custom Map - DIY geological map
Book recommended on OU Geology Society Facebook Group (July '17)
- Bloomsbury Reading the Rocks - lives of some of founders of Geology
Plate tectonics (June '17)
- Earth Mag Plate Tectonics Start - review article
- Earth Mag Plate Tectonics and Life - review article
Why is Glastonbury Festival so Mudddy? (June '17)
- Geopeople Blog Glasto mud - opinion article
Volcanoes and Dawn of Dinosaurs (June '17)
- Geology Page Volcanoes Triggered Dinos - review article
Vary Belated Earthquake Alarm (June '17)
- BBC Belated Alarm - technology news article
Coastal Rockfalls (June '17)
- Telegraph Coastal Rockfall - news article
Early Oxygen Production (June '17)
- BBC Great Rusting - science news article