Monthly Archives: November 2012

My AGU Posters: a visual history

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Chris Rowan

It’s a miracle! In an amazing (and probably entirely serendipitous) feat of organisation, I find myself printing my poster for the AGU 2012 Fall Meeting a whole 3 days before I fly to San Francisco. Since I am generally more … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, conferences

The wrong conditions for a stream tracer injection

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Anne Jefferson

Leaving behind Ohio and the high waters from Sandy, I ventured south in early November for the Geological Society of America meeting in my former home of Charlotte, North Carolina. The meeting was busy and wonderful, and far too packed … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, fieldwork

After the storm

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Anne Jefferson

It’s been quite a week. My home in northeastern Ohio got off lightly from “Superstorm” Sandy, compared to places closer to the Atlantic seaboard and in the Caribbean. But still, over 250,000 people lost power due to high wind, especially … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, geohazards, hydrology

DonorsChoose: the final push

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Chris Rowan

Thanks to the incredible generosity of our geoblogging comrades and readers, our drive to improve earth science education in schools has gone from strength to strength in the past two weeks. Our own challenge, in collaboration with Maitri, has raised … Continue reading →

Categories: public science, teaching