Monthly Archives: November 2010

The Driftless Area: Fewer glaciers but more topography than the rest of Minnesota

Tucked into the corner where Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa meet there’s a special area with a Quaternary history that sets it apart from the rest of the northern United States. At the Last Glacial Maximum, the Des Moines lobe lay … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, geomorphology, outcrops, Pleistocene

Stuff we linked to on Twitter last week

Blogs in motion This week saw the launch of an interesting new blogging venture from the guys at Obesity Panacea: Science of Blogging: Science of Blogging will not only highlight the ways by which social media is changing the way … Continue reading

Categories: links

Thankfulness

Thanksgiving holds an odd place in my mind. Like anyone exposed to modern culture, with its strong twist of Americana, I am aware of the holiday’s existence and many of its associated trappings. And yet I have never really paid … Continue reading

Categories: Uncategorized

Stuff we linked to on Twitter last fortnight

Busy real lives and low Twitter activity led us to forgo last weeks link-fest, which means this week you’re all being treated to two weeks’ worth of interesting stuff which caught our eyes. But first… DonorsChoose Update We’ve finished out … Continue reading

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Where on Google Earth #227

You know you want to scour the earth looking for this little bit of terrain….come on, it’ll be fun. Really. Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, geopuzzling