Category Archives: deep time

A very British paradigm shift

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Chris Rowan

My admiration for the intellectual integrity of Arthur Holmes, and his patient advocacy of continental drift.
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Categories: deep time, geology

Oman’s view of the Snowball Earth

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Chris Rowan

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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Categories: climate science, deep time, fieldwork, geology, outcrops, palaeomagic, past worlds, Proterozoic

Earth’s forgotten youth – and beyond

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Chris Rowan

A new attempt to map out the events of early earth history.
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Categories: deep time, geology, paper reviews, past worlds

Darwin, Deep Time and Evolution

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Chris Rowan

A geological perspective was necessary to see the true power of natural selection.
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Categories: deep time, general science, geology

The rightful place of science: putting us in ours

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Chris Rowan

Science doesn’t need to be placed anywhere, it just needs us to listen to what it tells us.
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Categories: deep time, environment, public science, ranting