Lovely little part of a 500 million year old trilobite found today while we were out for a hunt at Manuels River. Another geological wonder of Newfoundland & Labrador. #ExploreNL
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Carol-Ann has been welcoming geological visitors to the Southern Shore for years: she is the embodiment of Newfoundland & Labrador's famous hospitality. Yesterday I had the honour to show her the amazing fossils at Mistaken Point UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Doesn't matter how much it rains - it's always a great day when spent with the 565 million year old fossil Beothukis, at the Mistaken Point UNESCO World Heritage Site #ExploreNL
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Why ’s World Heritage Committee should not be held in Russia, nor chaired by Russia.
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The destruction of culture by Russian forces in #Ukraine & denial of its identity and history is a violation of their right to self-determination said the independent @UNHumanRights expert on cultural rights.
news.un.org/en/story/2022/
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Finished/finishing your PhD? Interested in applying for fellowships ? Send us a one-page summary of your research proposal by the 30th June:
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How are you spending your annual leave?
Watching the Canadian House of Commons, of course! 🇨🇦
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St. Lawrence and Chamber's Cove in Newfoundland not only has amazing granites full of stunning fluorite, but also a rich history including how local people saved hundreds of US sailors when 2 navy ships ran aground in 1942.
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Learning about the amazing rock layers and formations with @jackjamesmatthews from a view atop Mad Rock. #mineralmonday #hikeNL #ExploreNL #geodiversity
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Our spellbinding homage to Her Majesty The #Queen! 
We've projected eight portraits of Queen Elizabeth II onto Stonehenge in celebration of the #PlatinumJubilee.
We've projected eight portraits of Queen Elizabeth II onto Stonehenge in celebration of the #PlatinumJubilee.
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The view from the Precambrian:
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Last year,I had two brilliant students ( & Sarah Skeels of ) working with me at on the #fossil collection of the late Prof. Martin Brasier ().
Check out some of the highlights here:
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We had such fun today at the Songs, Stages, and Seafood Festival again today. We attended the Fish Cake Championship & helped decide which fish cake was the very best for 2022. They were all delicious and it was truly hard to vote for just one!
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I have just met the future premier of Newfoundland & Labrador, and he is the 13 year old kid who expertly worked the room to win the public vote for provincial Fishcake of the Year
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What an event! 5 courses of marine cuisine at the Bay Roberts Songs, Stages & Seafood Festival - and that doesn't include the bonus mountain of mussels to start! #ExploreNL
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Great morning to explore the Mad Rock Trail in Bay Roberts with the Hiking Advocates. Amazing Ediacaran sedimentology!
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A real privilege to spend the last few days exploring the sites of with this amazing group of tourism operators. #Geotourism
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I never grow tired of hearing speak about Sir William Coaker and the work of the Fisherman's Protective Union
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Continuing my tour of breweries that source their water from Avalonian Ediacaran aquifers with 🍺
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Looking good, St. John's 🇨🇦
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We get on the plane.
We get told there's a fuel spill.
We get off the plane.
We watch a guy vacuum up the fuel.
It's all happening at
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Today was a beautiful weather 🇫🇮 to aknowledge #InternationalDayOfBiodiversity🌲🌿
This year, for the first time, also the abiotic nature, #geodiversity, will have its own official day on October 6th #UNESCO ⛰️🏞️
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Beginning my migration back to the beautiful Newfoundland & Labrador 🇨🇦 for #ComeHome2022 year - but first a quick stop in Halifax
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Today is the International Day for Biological Diversity - a good time to stop and think what we can do to help support biodiversity in our area🌳🦋🦊
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Totally upstaged by the Lancaster at Bardon Hill today, as I was trying to explain the Precambrian-Triassic unconformity to a guided hike group! Glorious.
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Great rocks. Even better group!
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Many thanks to everyone who joined us for today’s 16 mile geological tour of the peaks of #CharnwoodForest - organised as part of the National Forest Walking Festival
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As the Newfoundland song foretold:
I am getting my duds in order,
For I am bound to cross the water,
Heave away!
Just a 16 mile guided hike to lead between me and those of Eastern Newfoundland
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For the palaeontologists in the audience, there are a number of presentations at this year's #OxGVC on the conservation of fossils, including:
🦖Dinosaur tracks with
🏛️Local fossil museums
🚶A rudist urban trail
Sign up at oxgvc.co.uk
#FossilFriday
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The Oxford Geoheritage Virtual Conference is a free, online meeting, bringing people together from over 75 different countries. Featuring:
🧑🤝🧑2 amazing keynotes
🗣️21 Talks
⏩30 Flash Talks
📄51 Posters
🌍400+ delegates
Register now at oxgvc.co.uk
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Geopark: An area that promotes the conservation and sustainable use of geoheritage
GeoPark: A Latin American oil and gas company
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A plaque to Prof Martin Brasier has been unveiled at his former home in Hull ❤️
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thanks to Mike Horne and @fossiliam for the photo. Martin was also a great friend and mentor to all his academic family. He was adjunct at Memorial from about 2006 until he died in a car crash in 2014 (shortly after he retired). A pilgrimage to Hull might be in order this Fall.
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Earlier this week we spoke to BBC Radio Leicester about a very special rock from #CharnwoodForest, and how a sample of it is now on display in Luxembourg! 
Listen again on our Youtube channel
youtu.be/SS7gD3s3oiA
Listen again on our Youtube channel
youtu.be/SS7gD3s3oiA1
Pub heaven:
✅️ Geological name
🪨 Chunk of Ediacaran rock outside
🍻 Fine ales
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If Sunday's geology tour attendees in #CharnwoodForest🌳 didn't watch #Eurovision then they are going to be very confused at the vibe of their hike leader...
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