Monthly Archives: October 2012

Where tsunamis and nuclear power could meet

Out of all the devastation wrought by the Tohuku earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, the escalating disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant has ended up having the biggest global impact. A catastrophic loss of cooling led to meltdowns, explosions … Continue reading

Categories: geohazards, society

Inspiration for Earth Science education

Today is the second day of the 2012 DonorsChoose Science Bloggers for Students challenge. It’s also Earth Science Week, with this year’s theme “Discovering Careers in the Earth Sciences.” Today, in particular, is “No Child Left Inside Day.” Finally, it’s … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, science education

Inspiring future scientists with DonorsChoose: the challenge begins!

Today marks the start of the 2012 DonorsChoose Science Bloggers For Students Challenge. From today until the 5th November, science bloggers far and wide are joining together to help teachers give their students the science education they deserve. Over the … Continue reading

Categories: science education

Stuff we linked to on Twitter last week

Autumn is upon the northern hemisphere (the Chicago and Ohio parts of it anyway) meaning that the urge to curl up with a hot drink and some good reading is stronger than ever. We can help with the latter part, … Continue reading

Categories: links

Happy New Water Year! For hydrologists, it’s already 2013.

There’s nothing particularly deterministic about starting a new year on January 1st. Our wall calendars happen to do so because of the circumstances of history. For hydrologists in the northern hemisphere, January 1st is not a great time to declare … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, hydrology