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GeoBlogy: Data4Sustain - a webGIS renewable energy feasibility tool funded by Innovate UK...by Darren Beriro
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Wednesday, 5 August 2015. Data4Sustain - a webGIS renewable energy feasibility tool funded by Innovate UK.by Darren Beriro. Staff in Environmental Modelling and Informatics. Were working to develop a new project called Data4Sustain. After a number of long days and excellent work by the business lead, Land Quality Management. We learned that Data4Sustain successfully attracted prestigious funding from UK's Innovation agency, Innovate UK. Solving Urban Challenges with Data – Feasibility Studies. Who have e...
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GeoBlogy: Chromium in crops... by Elliott Hamilton
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Wednesday, 20 May 2015. Chromium in crops. by Elliott Hamilton. Elliott Hamilton (right) sampling with partners from CBU and ZARI. In November 2014, barely a month into my part-time PhD, I visited Africa for the first time with Michael Watts and Murray Lark to undertake fieldwork in the Copperbelt region of Zambia. Chromium exists in the environment as trivalent (Cr(III) and hexavalent (Cr(VI) forms. Cr(III) plays a role in the metabolism of carbohydrate, fat and protein. Cr(VI) is released prima...As a ...
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GeoBlogy: Do a few sand grains reveal the 'lost' mid-Cretaceous deserts of North Africa?...by Andy Newell
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Wednesday, 29 July 2015. Do a few sand grains reveal the 'lost' mid-Cretaceous deserts of North Africa? Quartz grain imaged by a scanning electron microscope. Geologists at work in the Sahara desert of central Algeria. Our work at Krechba (In Salah) in central Algeria (see map) has clearly shown the existence of ancient rivers in the Lower Cretaceous Continental Intercalaire. Map of the study area, Krechba (In Salah) in central Algeria. 3D seismic images showing the sinuous river channels. Further detail...
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GeoBlogy: June 2015
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Friday, 26 June 2015. A picture speaks a thousand words: delving into GeoScenic . by Caroline Adkin. GeoScenic was launched in early December 2009 as part of OpenGeoscience, a free service where these images can be downloaded and used for private study, educational activities and research. GeoScenic is an image library which currently has over 86,000 modern and historical images from BGS's archives. These images can be located under various categories such as Best of BGS images. Since the launch, there h...
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GeoBlogy: Dinosaurs and disasters: a summer of pseudo-science...by Kirstin Lemon
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Friday, 31 July 2015. Dinosaurs and disasters: a summer of pseudo-science.by Kirstin Lemon. Real earthquake damage in Oakland, California. So what about the science; is any of this actually possible? Aw, how cute) and of course the dinosaur that everyone loves to hate, the Velociraptor. It is also revealed that the Jurassic World scientists have been breeding genetically-engineered dinosaurs who of course turn out to be lethal and wreak havoc on the park. Artists impression of a Velociraptor. So the gene...
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GeoBlogy: January 2015
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Saturday, 31 January 2015. NERC Impact Awards. by Katherine Royse. The very first NERC Impact Awards. To formally recognise and reward NERC-funded researchers who are achieving substantial impact on our economy and society, was held on Tuesday 27th January in London. Katherine Royse. BGS Science Director for environmental modelling, reports on the event. The event even had its own cup cake one for every guest! Now can I eat my birthday cake? Happy 50th Birthday NERC pic.twitter.com/9q3KyRFw7Z. Recognisin...
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GeoBlogy: Planning the analysis of half a kilometre of African lake mud...by Jonathan Dean
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Sunday, 9 August 2015. Planning the analysis of half a kilometre of African lake mud.by Jonathan Dean. Jonathan Dean is a Postdoctoral Research Assistant working the Stable Isotope Lab at the British Geological Survey, and here he introduces the new project he is involved with: analysing sediments from Ethiopia. Scientists from the UK, Germany and the US are involved in the project. We are particularly interested in how the climate changed during the time our species Homo sapiens. The sediment cores were...
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GeoBlogy: Combatting malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa...by Grace Manzeke
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Monday, 3 August 2015. Combatting malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa.by Grace Manzeke. PhD project on geospatial characteristic of micronutrient deficiency in Zimbabwean soils. Results generated to date during the CSCUK training showed that our soils are very acidic with low total Zn concentrations of 29.1mg kg. And other experts at BGS and UoN who will be able to provide assistance in establishing sustainable research links. Joint Centre for Environmental Geochemistry. Soil Fertility Consortium for Sout...
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GeoBlogy: September 2014
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Tuesday, 23 September 2014. Hidden Hunger in Malawi.by Edward Joy. Edward in his panama hat out in Malawi. A few months back we shared a great post about the award winning PhD student (working at BGS and University of Nottingham) Edward Joy. Whose project tackles the important issue of hidden hunger in Malawi. Now Edward tells us in his own words about his research and years of research in the field. The Malawi Ministries of Agriculture and Health have been very supportive and hopefully the outputs will ...
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GeoBlogy: April 2015
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Wednesday, 22 April 2015. Groundhog explores deep beneath our feet. by Gerry Wildman. Over the last decade many Geological Surveys across the world, including BGS, have begun to communicate their geological understanding of the ‘subsurface’ through 3D geological models. BGS now has a number of different 3D geological models ranging from a national resolution ‘fence diagram’ model of the onshore bedrock geology: the. Screenshot from Groundhog, visit here. For more links and info. Sunday, 12 April 2015.
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