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- The Cuyahoga River burned today for the first time in 51 years. Here’s what we can learn from it.
- Spooky seismic action at a distance: moderate earthquakes in western US cause submarine landslides in the Gulf of Mexico
- Two reflections on the largest earthquake yet recorded, 60 years later.
- Watershed Hydrology – Complete Compendium of my Online Teaching Resources
- How I taught Flooding online in Spring 2020
- How I taught Streamflow online in Spring 2020
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Monthly Archives: March 2007
Spring Science Showdown: the “lets show the ex-colonials what they’re missing” round.
The Spring Science Showdown is gearing up for the ‘Sweet Sixteen’ phase, and Highly Allochthonous is hosting the eagerly anticipated match-up between F=ma and Particles. It’s no surprise that these two heavyweights of the Orbit bracket have made it this … Continue reading
Geological Basics: the difference between chronology and stratigraphy
Or why there is no such thing as a single ‘geological column’ for the whole Earth
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Ch-ch-ch-changes (measured and projected)
Two interesting climate change-related images that I’ve come across this week
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Is Planet Earth too dumbed down to be interesting?
There’s been some rather ambivalent first reactions to Planet Earth, the epic nature documentary which has just started to be broadcast over in the US by the Discovery Channel (I’ve already seen the whole series on the BBC when it … Continue reading
Field photos (sadly, not mine)
I’m being nagged, because I promised fieldwork photos and have yet to deliver. The truth is that my beloved Olympus camera is currently in for repair having rather selfishly decided to malfunction in the midst of all the moving frenzy. … Continue reading
