Dr Ross was joined in Canada by DPhil student, George Wedlake, from @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social . They spent two weeks collecting over 100 rock samples which record an ancient tropical sea not unlike the Bahamas today, where early complex life likely flourished.

This interview series with Oxford researchers was the inspiration for a new poem 'Overhead in Space' by Michael Rosen, which you can watch here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeLR...

Their journey included visits to Durdle Door and the Isle of Portland, as well as uncovering belemnites in Charmouth and observing evidence of oxbow lakes in the Otter Sandstone 🌏

During the trip, they explored the internationally renowned stratigraphy of the south coast to understand past environments both on land and in the ocean