SCIENTISTVOLUME 29 No. 04 ◆ MAY 2019 ◆ WWW.GEOLSOC.ORG.UK/GEOSCIENTIST GEOThe Fellowship Magazine of the Geological Society of London @geoscientistmag WOMEN IN GEOSCIENCE Elizabeth Pickett depicts a geoscientist building on foundations laid down by a predecessor MINE HEAT OUTNUMBERED GIRLS INTO GEOSCIENCE The potential in Malin Kylander on the hurdles still Jodie Fischer & Sarah Boulton abandoned coalmines faced by women in science on the growth of this scheme WWW.GEOLSOC.ORG.UK/GEOSCIENTIST | MAY 2019 | 1 Lyell poster 2019 v1_ART 14-9-18_Lyell leaflet 16/09/2018 18:45 Page 1 Lyell Meeting 2019 Carbon: geochemical and palaeobiological perspectives 28 June 2019 The Geological Society, Burlington House The fundamental building block of life as we know it, carbon, is critical to the Earth system. Traditionally biological and chemical approaches to understanding carbon dynamics in the geological past have been AD SPACEconsidered in relative isolation. 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Mr Keith Seymour (Vice T: 0207 434 9944 President) 09 SOAPBOX Explore avenues for outreach outside the E: [email protected] Miss Jessica Smith classroom, urges Phil Heron Dr Helen Smyth Web: www.geolsoc.org.uk/lyell19 Call for Abstracts Prof Robin Strachan 21 CALENDAR Activities this month Mr John Talbot (Vice President) Follow this event on Twitter #lyell19 WOMEN IN GEOSCIENCE Dr Alexander Whittaker Elizabeth Pickett depicts a geoscientist building (Secretary, Science) on foundations laid down by a predecessor 22 B OOKS & ARTS Four new books reviewed by Fiona Todd, MINE HEAT OUTNUMBERED GIRLS INTO GEOSCIENCE The potential in Malin Kylander on the hurdles still Jodie Fischer & Sarah Boulton We invite oral and poster abstract submissions for abandoned coalmines faced by women in science on the growth of this scheme WWW.GEOLSOC.ORG.UK/GEOSCIENTIST | MAY 2019 | 1 Nina Morgan, Eleanor Dunn & Georgina Blair Published on behalf of the meeting, and these should be sent in a Word Cover image: An original gouache painting the Geological Society portraying two female field geologists, 100 years 24 CAREERS Malin Kylander on how to tackle the obstacles still of London by: apart, in the same (imaginary) field location. 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