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Was there a Boring Billion Years?
Apparently us geologists call the period from 1.800 to 800 million years ago the "Boring Billion". That is something which passed me by. But THIS ARTICLE argues that quite a lot was happening. But is then rather [...]
Quintus Sertorius, a Roman statesman come general, grew up in Umbria, the green heart of what is now central Italy. Born into a world at war just two years before the Romans sacked Corinth to bring Greece under Roman rule, Quintus lived much of his [...]
Early this morning (27-July-2019) a new earthquake swarm started north of Siglufjörður village. This earthquake swarm is in a different location than the magnitude Mw4,3 earthquake took place on 24-July-2019. This earthquake swarm is slightly more [...]
It's not fair, but I don't spend much time in Portland, Oregon. It's not that I don't like Portland, I just don't know it because the logistics of my normal travels rarely allow me to stop there. We are always three or four hours away from our [...]
The Geoscience Education Academy aims to boost teachers’ Earth science subject knowledge while providing innovative teaching ideas and activities that can be delivered in the classroom. Continue reading →
All the doom-mongers said that Greenland would melt from the Europe stagnant air. Ha! This demonstrates interesting physics.
The warm air just bounces off Greenland. This shows the permanent high pressure air over the ice, and shows the [...]
Am Wochenende kam es zu schweren Unwettern in Österreich und Italien. In vielen Orten gab es heftige Gewitter mit Starkregen und Hagel. Es wurden wieder Hagelkörner von der Größe einer Orange gemeldet. In Bergregionen wurden Geröll- und [...]
Am Piton de la Fournaise startete gegen 13 Uhr Ortszeit ein neuer Vulkanausbruch. Im Südteil der Caldera Enclose öffneten sich 3 kurze Eruptionsspalten. Niedrige Lavafontänen speisen Lavaströme, die über den flachen Boden der Caldera fließen. [...]
Die Eruption am Ätna geht weiter, ihre Intensität nimmt allerdings deutlich ab, wie man an der fallenden Tremorkurve erkennen kann. Aus dem Neuen Südostkrater sind starke Entgasungen zu beobachten und der Lavastrom verringert seine Förderrate, [...]
This month’s list of papers includes a lot of work on (Central) Asia, New Zealand, and also some nice tsunami stories. Enjoy reading and – as always – please tell us in case we’ve missed something. Rizza, M., Abdrakhmatov, K., Walker, R., [...]