Wonders of the Jurassic Coast - with Dr Anjana Khatwa at Ada Lovelace Day

The Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site is perhaps one of the most extraordinary places in the world, where you can literally time travel with every step you take along its beautiful beaches.
This possibility exists because a few hundred million years ago, the horizontal rock layers of the Jurassic Coast were uplifted and tilted towards the east. In a sheer geological coincidence, these tilted rocks are exposed along an actively eroding coastline which provides geologists with a near complete, continuous record of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods that cannot be seen anywhere else in the world: 185 million years of Earth’s history in just 95 miles of stunning coastline.
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Ada Lovelace Day Live 2023 was held at the Royal Institution on Tuesday 10 October.
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Dr Anjana Khatwa is an Earth scientist specialising in bringing stories about the origins and formation of natural landscapes to life for a wide range of audiences. Anjana has appeared on BBC Four’s Beach Live as the show’s resident geologist expert, engaging audiences with her insight and knowledge about geology and fossils. She has also appeared on many shows, including ITV’s This Morning, Channel 5’s My Cornwall with Fern Britton, and BBC Two’s Villages by the Sea.
She is an established learning professional and has published numerous papers on glacial geology, developed award winning teaching resources and won the Royal Geographical Society Geographical Award for excellence in educating the public about the Jurassic Coast.
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[@llwellyncuhfwarthen]

I bet Dr. Anjana Khatwa would love to walk down through the valley in Drumheller in Alberta Canada, to see all the wonderful rock exposure, hoodoos and the history it holds in the earth layers.

[@andrewzcolvin]

This was way too short. I want an hour of this lecture.

[@richardanthonymorris]

Really want to see a live Geology talk at the RI one day!

[@Robinson8491]

This rock whisperer is certainly not a boring dull person! Such fun presentation 🎉

[@richardanthonymorris]

Greart stuff!

[@user-ju4bj6nv6z]

Офигенно, она уважает окружающих! не важно, но, она уважает.

[@martineastburn3679]

I like the spangles in the Pink coat - Yea for you and what you do for us. I'm a Yank of sorts , Texas, and we have 400' of limestone underground. Nice talk.

[@NoobsDeSroobs]

Quality lecture! Her love for the field shows.
Also, that pink colour is lovely! I want a dress like that.

[@aalok.]

❤❤❤

[@lean_sumek]

amazing 😍🥰🤣

[@musiqueetmontagne]

I'm a Geologist, learning about geological time is among the best things one can do to appreciate the relevance or irrelevance of the present state of the climate and atmosphere and put human existence in its tiny capsule. Lectures at the RI, or anywhere for that matter, should be about the science and not a place where political tropes, like "colonialism", are woven into the message. Institutions like the RI, and many others, need to get back on track with relevance to the reasons they exist, and why people pay memberships to support them, for facts not political messaging!

[@Robinson8491]

How did they explain this before Darwin? Seamonsters?

[@user-ju4bj6nv6z]

интересно а разум до Дарвина?

[@jamesraymond1158]

Too much cute talk. The talk would be much better if she stuck to the science, which is truly fascinating.

[@gb8628]

A nautilus 💛

[@martinkavanagh196]

Too short .. the video not the lady.