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Joining the watery dots
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Joining the watery dots

2 March 2026

We talk a lot about national resilience: drought, flooding, water quality, and the energy transition. We talk less about the people who make resilience...

Forged by fire
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Forged by fire

10 February 2026

Few geoscientists can say their career trajectory was altered in real time by a volcanic eruption, but volcanologist and geothermal geoscientist Catherine...

Landscapes of identity
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Landscapes of identity

18 December 2025

In Denmark, many people have a strong cultural attachment to their landscape. Outdoor activities such as cycling, hiking and swimming are often deeply...

Who do I ask?
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Who do I ask?

8 December 2025

Scotland’s rich geodiversity has been studied for over 200 years, yielding significant advances in understanding of our science. Fortunately, many geoscience...

From rock to reverence
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From rock to reverence

1 December 2025

For Anjana Khatwa, the solid presence of rocks hum with life. Whilst scientifically they are inanimate and many people do not feel a natural empathy for...

Quest for life
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Quest for life

1 December 2025

“I have been interested in space for as long as I can remember,” Erin Leonard reflects. But like many scientists, her path into planetary science...

Islands in infinity
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Islands in infinity

20 November 2025

Galaxies, nebulae and interstellar dust clouds drift through the Universe in ceaseless motion, as vast architectures of light shaped over cosmic time....

“Ég kem heim til Eyja”
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“Ég kem heim til Eyja”

1 September 2025

As part of a recce for an undergraduate field trip in 2019, my colleagues and I visited the island of Heimaey, accessible by a forty-minute ferry ride...

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