Keele University, where I work, has a plan to become self-sufficient in energy. This involves installing a variety of energy sources such as wind turbines, solar panels and ground source heat pumps, but one of the major projects that is currently underway in pilot form is the extraction of methane from the coal seams beneath campus. [...]
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Now that teaching and exams have finished for another year, thoughts turn to the field. Whilst the likes of Geotripper and Dr Jerque get to visit some spectaclur and unspoilt places, my field work takes me to somewhere interesting but not quite as pretty. These are Beech Caves in Staffordshire. The caves aren’t natural but the [...] On a field trip to the Peak District this weekend. He is a close up of some Lower Carboniferous shark dermal denticles. Also some nice [...] Some time around last Christmas I made the rash decision to attempt a photographic 365 project – to take a photograph every day of 2010. As a geologist, the natural theme was rocks, mineral and fossils, and so Rock365 was born. Well, I’ve just finished the first 100 days. To be honest I didn’t [...] Two visits this weekend to Wenlock Edge, Shropshire with strongly contrasting weather (cold and wet on Saturday, warm and sunny on Sunday). This is Knowle Quarry at Presthope, the original GSSP of the Wenlock, and studied by Roderick Impey Murchison in his establishment of the Silurian System. Knowle Quarry is owned by the National Trust and [...] |
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