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Earth Science Week: What can you do to celebrate energy resources for our future?

September 10, 2025
Earth Science Week: What can you do to celebrate energy resources for our future?
Welcome aboard Planet Earth by Grace Shephard Source: Imaggeo

As the air grows crisp and autumn’s colors begin to emerge in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere, I’m reminded that we’re approaching a special time of year for those of us who love the Earth. It’s Earth Science Week (October 12-18, 2025), and this year, the theme Energy Resources for Our Future feels incredibly personal. Our lives are powered by energy, and this week is a chance to look a litt ...[Read More]

Is the climate crisis also a literacy crisis? Time to move from data dumping to co-creating knowledge with communities

September 8, 2025
Is the climate crisis also a literacy crisis? Time to move from data dumping to co-creating knowledge with communities
Photo by Nino Maghradze. Source: Unsplash

Today, September 8th, marks International Literacy Day with the theme “Promoting literacy in the digital era”, so it’s a moment to pause and consider the multifaceted nature of literacy. Beyond the foundational ability to read and write, literacy encompasses the capacity to comprehend, evaluate, and apply information within various contexts. It is this broader understanding of literacy ...[Read More]

A Geoscientist’s Colorful Journey from Research to Children’s Books

and May 1, 2025
A Geoscientist’s Colorful Journey from Research to Children’s Books
How the Earth Works digs into all that happens beneath our feet in an accessible and lively manner. The pages of this book are charged with Dr. Lucía Pérez-Díaz’s passion and expertise, as she helps us to explore the inner workings of our planet. (Credit: Ryan Cowan)

In today’s blog we’re having a chat with our very own Dr Lucia Perez-Diaz. As Lucia put it at the start of this year’s General Assembly, us scientists get to wear many “hats”, and she lives up to that statement. Besides a brilliant geoscientist, she is an incredible artist – also featured as last year’s artist in residence – and a budding press assistant! But more importantly, she is the author of ...[Read More]