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Close observers of this space may have noticed that the title of geology.about.com—the line at the very top of the browser—now includes "Earth science" as well as "geology." For many years I've insisted on the word "geology" to cover all the ground of Earth-based science. I've thought of "Earth ...

One of my favorite things is taking photos of geologic features. In 12 years of doing that and putting them online here, I've learned a few tricks and tips . This photo illustrates one of the best: get there during the morning or evening "golden hour" for the best light. Most of the other tips in th ...

At the last meeting of my local geological society , they announced that the deadline for our three scholarships , one undergraduate and two graduate, is being extended to December 15 to collect more candidates. This money is meant for research in or near northern California (I guess that means al ...

Last night I attended a presentation on the rock-physics based theory of earthquake precursors (the p-hole theory), and things are moving along nicely. Funders including the World Bank and institutions like the new SUSEL underground lab in South Dakota are supporting research projects. I confess to ...

No, this isn't about a mysterious cosmic visitor that will cause the world to end in 2013. It's about Lake Kivu in Africa, a large rift-valley lake that straddles the Rwanda-Congo border. It is the world's third known erupting lake, after deadly lakes Nyos and Monoun in Cameroon which produced deadl ...

Isen omkring Nordpolen forsvinder hurtigere, end selv de mest skeptiske...

Det svenske Vattenfall overtog tre danske kulfyrede kraftværker –...

I Sverige har en mineralsamler fundet de første svenske diamanter...

Dig og klimaet Informationscenter for Miljø og Sundhed har i dag (1....

Jordskred, som det der onsdag aften rev 400 meter af motorvej E6 og 300 meter...

In an earlier post today I highlighted the availability of satellite imagery covering the El Salvador lahar disaster, triggered by Hurricane Ida earlier this month. Whilst sitting in a conference session this morning it occurred to me that the Disaster Charter , which provides satellite images for ...

An abstract still evolving ...

Article That is such a cute ship!

On this day 150 years ago, Charles Darwin's most famous book, "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" was published. To "celebrate" this occasion I spent five minutes trying to deflect an argument from a colleague I shall charitably refer to as being "uninformed" telling me that "Da ...

Close observers of this space may have noticed that the title of geology.about.com—the line at the very top of the browser—now includes "Earth science" as well as "geology." For many years I've insisted on the word "geology" to cover all the ground of Earth-based science. I've thought of "Earth ...