Monthly Archives: July 2007

Precambrian black smokers

I’ve been reading a few news items today about fossilized black smoker chimneys from China. This rang a few bells, as I wrote about a paper which talked about exactly the same thing on ye olde blog back in January. … Continue reading

Categories: fossils, geology

My drowning homeland

Pictures, and thoughts, on the recent flooding in the UK
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Categories: climate science, environment, public science

Nuclear ‘green’, renewables not?

Is building a few nuclear power plants better than covering the country with windmills?
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Categories: environment

Earthquake activity in Indonesia

There have been some reports of a magnitude 6.1 earthquake shaking things up in eastern Indonesia. More info from the USGS: The media report that there was a tsunami warning issued, which seemed a little odd: you’re not going to … Continue reading

Categories: earthquakes, geohazards

Volcanoes from space!

It was noted in this story about increasing seismic and thermal activity at Bezymianny volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula that two other volcanoes had been continuously active in this region for the past 11 years or so. My interest was … Continue reading

Categories: geohazards, geology, volcanoes