Pint of Science - Why does it rain in the desert?
May 15, 2024
Summary
Life is thriving across our planet, from the most verdant jungle to the remote desert animals fight for food, dominance and water. With the changing climate that is all forecasted to change. Can the desert sands help us to more accurately predict our weather forecasts for the future? How do evolutionary changes prepare the myriad of creatures on our planet for survival in harsh landscapes? Together we will be exploring what motivates our fauna to lead communal or solitary lives while also examining how the history of our deserts can help us predict the future of climate change and rainfall.
Girls into Geoscience - Virtual Fieldtrip to the Isle of Skye
Jun 28, 2021
Summary
500 million year history of the Isle of Skye (Dr Anna Bird, University of Hull)
This virtual field course is designed to enable you to explore igneous and metamorphic rocks in the field. We will be introducing you to the classic and internationally famous geology on the Isle of Skye, NW Scotland. You will get to examine a range of igneous and metamorphic rock types developed over a long period of geological time, Pre-Cambrian to present day (over 500 million years)! We will examine thick Cambrian meta-sedimentary successions and igneous rocks, which relate to the opening of the Atlantic! You will use virtual outcrops to deduce the long geological history of part of the Isle of Skye.
