Posts:
The 10 most frequently clicked posts:
Today we surface collected from a new site that a member of the crew found on an evening prospecting trip a few days ago. Now a barren wasteland, it once represented a place where the Cretaceous river flooded its bank, spilling sediment and bone [...]
If it seems like I am doing a lot of Grand Canyon river trips this year, let me say that I will be doing five of them this year; one each in May, June, July, August and September. There is a nice symmetry to a schedule like that. I get to see the [...]
Grouchy inspiration
We are entering a new era. I don't really care since I have my defined-benefit pension, but I can't figure out what we are into this time. As a physics person, I look into fundamental forces. The dirty thirties had a [...]
Kristalle spielen eine wichtige Rolle bei der Zubereitung von Bier. Zum Filtern von Unreinheiten aus dem Bier werden Gemische aus Kristalle, wie Quarz und Calcit, oder auch Kieselgur (Diatomeen-Erde) verwendet. Letzteres wird zuvor erhitzt [...]
Yesterday I showed you two scenes, depicted in two photos each, that I saw on the beach at Machir Bay, Islay, last week. I suggested that it might be fun to compare and contrast them. Scene #1 was this: Scene #2 was this: Scene #1 is a place where [...]
For one reason or another (likely to be discussed in a future post), I have been working on an essay that attempts to address cross-cultural aspects of viewing and valuing the land and reviews the potential implications for learning
Interested in the most relevant soil articles of 2015? In this short series of posts I’ve compiled a list of the 30 most cited articles of the top ten journals in the category of SOIL SCIENCES. Today: PLANT AND SOIL. Do you miss something? [...]
This year’s Utah field season started out a little simpler than normal. We typically run 4 quarries simultaneously; however, this year we have only two main excavation sites: MiniTroll and Last Chance Theropod. I stumbled upon Last [...]
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-07-29 13:36:15]
recommend this post
(904 visits)
It’s no secret that at EGU we believe using film as a medium to communicate science and engage the public with research is a great tool! So much so that we organise an annual competition for early career scientists (ECS) to produce a three-minute [...]
Museum Lates have become a familiar feature in London – everyone from the Science Museum to the Tate Modern are opening up for evening visitors. Two weeks ago, we participated in our first Courtyard Lates event – the second of a three [...]