Those interviewed for the strand are those involved in the earth sciences: climatologists, meteorologists, geologists, geophysicists, geochemists, ecologists, glaciologists and oceanographers.
However, around three quarters of fellows are professional astronomers or geophysicists.
I should have thought that tertiary levelling was not likely to be a commercially justifiable undertaking, but it is vital to geologists and geophysicists and others.
If their economies are to be self-sustaining in five or ten years' time, they must have their own geologists, geophysicists and mining engineers.
I believe that it would be folly to accept the conveniently optimistic view and to disregard the forecasts of the geologists and geophysicists.
The task which faces them is immense and it involves inter-disciplinary research by geologists, geophysicists, scientists, engineers and by other people of every kind.
It has trained geologists, geophysicists, diamond drillers, operational research men and computer staff.
For the geophysicist, these include nuclear magnetic resonance imaging for the investigation of microstructure, and electromagnetic induction methods and autonomous underwater vehicles for measuring sea-ice thickness distribution.
