geology

Fossil professor wins IG Nobel award for explaining why scientists lick rocks

Jan Zalasiewicz (pictured bottom right) who works as a professor of Paleobiology at the University of Leicester in the UK, scooped the award following the publication of an article in 2017 entitled ‘Eating Fossils’. Improbable Research/YouTube

Jan Zalasiewicz who works as a professor of Paleobiology at theUniversity of Leicester in the UK, scooped the award following the publication of an article in 2017 entitled ‘Eating Fossils’.

Rocking it! New UNESCO Geopark opens in Holy Cross Mountains

A geological landscape park, with rock formations dating back 400 million years, has been awarded a UNESCO Geopark Label following a four year campaign to have its status recognised.

Gold rush! Tonnes of gold found in Silesian village

The deposits are thought to consist of a tonne of pure gold along with 5,000 tonnes of gold ore.

With NASA warning that asteroid collision is a certainty, planetary geologist begins research into how to survive deadly impact

At the end of July a massive asteroid dubbed ‘City Killer’ hurtled past earth. If it had hit Warsaw, the whole of central Poland would have been threatened with a crater several kilometres wide and 400 metres deep, says planetary geologist Dr Anna Łosiak.

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