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Geological mayhem and destruction in 2012: not the end of the world, just business as usual
We don’t live on a boring planet. 2012 will be plagued by natural disasters, but so is every other year. Continue reading
Categories: antiscience, climate science, earthquakes, geohazards, palaeomagic, public science, volcanoes
Bacteria in the sky, making it rain, snow, and hail
Even though we all think of the freezing point of water as 0 °C, very pure water remains a liquid until about -40 °C. Water crystallizes to ice in the presence of tiny nucleation particles in the atmosphere. These particles … Continue reading
The scientist-journalist divide: what can we learn from each other?
Last week, the journal Nature published two research papers on the effects of human-caused global warming on extreme precipitation events. I’m working on a post on the papers, and they’ve already received quite a bit of attention in the media. … Continue reading
Pakistan floods: Predictable or predicted, but a disaster nonetheless
Unusually heavy monsoon rains in July and August 2010 left large swaths of Pakistan underwater. At least 18 million people were affected by the flood, and it is estimated that, more than six months later, several hundred thousand remain without … Continue reading
Anne’s picks of the June literature: Humans as Agents of Hydrologic Change
How large reservoirs affect our measurements of global sea level rise…and how the world’s biggest river basins are going to respond to mid-century climate change Continue reading
Oman’s view of the Snowball Earth
Evidence from my field area of extreme climatic fluctuations 700 million years ago – but does it support the notion that the whole planet froze over?
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Carbon capture and storage: where should it go?
If we’re going to sequester carbon, is it better to do it under land or under the ocean? A grad student examines the pros and cons of each, in this guest blog post.
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Coal and the fossil record of climate change in the Canadian High Arctic
Spectacular fossilized forests in the Canadian High Arctic provide clues to life on a warmer earth. Unless we mine their coal in order to heat our planet back to the Eocene.
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Anne’s picks of the December literature
Recently published hydrogeology and geomorphology papers that make my heart sing
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