On the morning of the 4th March I attended a roundtable in London on advancing data sharing in the subsurface. This included experts from industry, academia and government departments such as DSIT, DESNZ and the Environment Agency. The roundtable focused on strategic interests in shared subsurface geotechnical and geological data to make better decisions (reduce... Continue Reading →

More incredible free open-access global geological datasets! OneGeology is an international initiative of over 100 of the world's geological surveys, UNESCO and other international and regional geoscience organisations. Its enables access, usability and availability of trusted geoscience data, for the benefit of society championing open and trusted FAIR practices. Online access to a dynamic digital geological... Continue Reading →

More rich open-source global geological data. GEOROC has over 39 Million data values, the largest geochemical database worldwide, a comprehensive collection of published analyses of igneous and metamorphic rocks and minerals. It was first established back in 1999.The GEOROC Database (Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans and Continents) contains major and trace element concentrations, radiogenic... Continue Reading →

Enjoyed presenting at BEOS in London today. Excellent presentations from Joseph Nicholson and Joe Court on digitalisation. Big thanks to Marcella Cilia for facilitating and everyone at BEOS for the excellent event. Busy room and really interesting questions on data and Artificial Intelligence.

More incredible open-access geological datasets. Macrostrat is the world's largest homogenised geological map database, over 2.5 Million geological polygons and over 50,000 stratigraphical names all open and accessible via an API to download. There is also a range of interactive tools, including a Digital Elevation Profile and mobile fieldbook for a smartphone.Global Big Data and... Continue Reading →

Honoured to be invited to take part in this international debate on AI at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly in Vienna during May.Large Language Models (LLMs) and other advanced AI tools are reshaping how researchers and practitioners approach data analysis, synthesis, and communication across Geosciences. This Great Debate at the EGU General Assembly... Continue Reading →

Opensource tool released: Run a Large Language Model driven AI solution locally on your machine for insights into mineral production, reserves, trends, prices, substitutes, and recycling resources.Mohanty et al (2025) have released, Opensource, the code and data from their research in Github. Link in the comments. It is designed to run with Llama-3-8B a lightweight... Continue Reading →

In terms of outreach and education there are some great open-source visualisations, data and tools for earth sciences. Earthviewer allows people to explore Earth's history in deep time, from 4.5 billion years ago to present day. This includes the location of major cities and where they were at various points of geological time to help... Continue Reading →