Abstract
The modern Geological Survey
Highlights
Sarah Day talks to British Geological Survey Director Karen Hanghøj about geoscience, outreach and why we need experts more than ever
Karen Hanghøj took up her post as Director of the British Geological Survey in October 2019, having previously headed up the Department of Economic
‘The very first year I did my Masters thesis in east Greenland, we were working in a very remote mountainous area, and there was a Canadian exploration company operating in the area, drilling for gold and platinum
Summary
W hen I was a student at the University of Copenhagen, we had various clubs – sedimentology, petrology, palaeontology and so on. You’d notice that, for example, the people studying petrology wouldn’t go to a talk about sedimentology because they thought it wasn’t relevant to them. We’ve closed in on ourselves a little bit. Karen Hanghøj took up her post as Director of the British Geological Survey in October 2019, having previously headed up the Department of Economic
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