geology

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Inscription from 1891 found in Dayu Cave

Chinese cave ‘graffiti’ tells a 500-year story of climate change and impact on society

13 Aug 2015

Unique inscriptions found in a cave in China, combined with chemical analysis of cave formations, show how droughts affected the local population...

The Magna Carta of scientific maps

01 Aug 2015

One of the most important maps of the UK ever made – described as the ‘Magna Carta of geology’ – is to go on permanent public display in Cambridge...

Lord Byron and the bears beneath Cambridge

10 Jun 2015

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, B is for...

Yarlung Tsangpo Valley close to the Tsangpo Gorge, Credit: Ping Wang

Geologists discover ancient buried canyon in South Tibet

20 Nov 2014

The discovery of an ancient buried canyon in Tibet rules out a popular model used to explain how the massive and picturesque gorges of the Himalaya...

Casts of fossils such as this beautiful Fractofusus specimen from Newfoundland are on display

A snapshot of life 560 million years ago

10 Mar 2014

A new display at the Sedgwick Museum focuses on the latest research into a group of fossils that might be the earliest examples of animals ever found...

Tabular iceberg. The production of tabular icebergs is a major mechanism of mass loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet.

1.5 million years of climate history revealed after scientists solve mystery of the deep

10 Aug 2012

Study successfully reconstructed temperature from the deep sea to reveal how global ice volume has varied over the glacial-interglacial cycles of the...

Sedgwick Club group photograph taken in Tan-y-bwlch, Wales, 1891

Hot baths extra – a glimpse into the making of Earth sciences

20 Apr 2012

A display of material from the Sedgwick Museum records archive, on view to the public from tomorrow, offers a rare glimpse into the daily lives of...

'Extreme Sleepover #10’ - an encounter with ‘Hell’s Gate’

31 Dec 2011

In the tenth of a series of reports contributed by Cambridge researchers, PhD student Robert Hird pitches his tent next to a gas crater in...

'Extreme Sleepover #6’ - drilling deep into geological history

27 Dec 2011

In the sixth in a series of reports contributed by Cambridge researchers, earth scientist Dr Marian Holness investigates the secrets locked into an...