This week is Earth Science Week! It runs from 9-15 October and is an awesome time to explore and reflect on the natural world around you. Earth science is a diverse field that encompasses geology, oceanography and meteorology - it’s essentially the study of how the forces of our planet intersect.

Celebrate by learning a bunch of interesting stuff:

• Everything You Need to Know About Planet Earth
  
• Fly over an erupting volcano with a drone
  
• Interactive article: Greenland is Melting Away
  
• BBC’s short, simple animated guides to volcanoes, tsunamis, and more
  
• Earthquake Science, and the Disaster that Created It
  
• NASA’s awesome visualisation of the flow of surface ocean currents
  

The above photos are some of the winners of the Geological Society of London’s 2016 Earth Science Week photo competition. Click through to see the rest!