Monthly Archives: January 2010

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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Categories: by Anne, Cenozoic, climate science, environment, fossils, photos

Where I’ve been

It’s been a bit quiet around these parts since I posted on the Haiti earthquake. Those of you following me on Twitter know that at that point I was actually spending a few days exploring New York: its parks, its … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery, conferences, outcrops, photos

Tectonics of the Haitian earthquake

Haiti is parked right on top of a plate boundary, but too poor to really prepare for the inevitable large earthquake.
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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, geology, tectonics

Geospatial data and the web (#scio10 preparation)

What’s available, what should be available, what tools do we need to use them?
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Categories: fieldwork, general science, geology

Anne’s picks of the December literature

Recently published hydrogeology and geomorphology papers that make my heart sing
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Categories: by Anne, climate science, geochemistry, geomorphology, hydrology, paper reviews, planets