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British Geophysical Association Engineering case study – Geo-engineering Response to an Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee case study 12 September 2008 “Geo-Engineering” Joint response to the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee’s Case Study on Geo-Engineering by: the British Geophysical Association (BGA) (a joint association of the Geological Society of London (GSL) and the Royal Astronomical Society); the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS); the Environmental and Industrial Geophysics Group (EIGG) of the Geological Society of London; the Institute of Physics (IOP). 12 September 2008 (Paragraph numbers are shown in square brackets, thus: “[1]”.) Brief details of the respondents [1] Geophysics is such a broad discipline, encompassing so many sciences, that UK geophysicists have not formed a single geophysical society but joined the professional society nearest to their speciality. The BGA includes geophysicists specialising in the solid Earth, geodesy and geomagnetism, who are members of the GSL and/or the RAS. It exists to promote geophysics in education, research, scholarship and practice. The RAS also represents geophysicists specialising in the physics of the upper atmosphere, Sun-Earth interactions and other planets. The BGA works closely with the EIGG, which represents applied solid-earth geophysicists working in the fields of Earth resources and civil engineering. The BGA is also working with the IOP to promote geophysics education. Contacts Sheila Peacock, BGA – please contact via:- Tajinder Panesor, Manager, Science Policy, Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London W1B 1NT, UK, tel. 020 7470 4800, email tajinder.panesor@ Robert Massey, Press and Policy Officer, Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BQ, UK, tel. 020 7734 4582, email rm@.uk Summary We offer a two-part response: Geophysics, a predictive science from local to global level, esse