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Under a cloud in the UK

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Having arrived at Heathrow a few hours before the shutdown of all flights over Britain due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland, it has been fascinating to watch the unfolding impact as the flight ban has been extended through the last few days. As with an earthquake or tsunami, a geological process is suddenly thrown […]

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Welcome to my site

Hi I’m Julian Thomson and I am involved in science communication and education in ways that link geoscientists with teachers and students, mostly in New Zealand, but also in Asia. This includes consultancy with school faculties and individual teachers around their earth science, ecology or outdoor programmes, running geoscience workshops and field trips, creating school learning resources, making educational videos and authoring web pages.

In my work I love to highlight the wonders of the natural world and ways that we can explore, become fascinated and never lose the sense of awe. I am also very interested in ways we can best safeguard ourselves from Natural Hazards which are a continual issue in New Zealand, sitting across a collision plate boundary as we do.