Monthly Archives: May 2013

In large earthquakes, the Earth moves for almost everyone

The Global Positioning System has completely revolutionised how geologists study the deformation of the Earth. If you leave a GPS receiver in a fixed location for days, months and years, it is precise enough to measure motions on the millimetre … Continue reading

Categories: earthquakes, paper reviews, tectonics

And the ScienceSeeker Award for best physics, astronomy, or earth science post goes to…

…me, apparently. Even though I didn’t know I’d been nominated until I was notified on Twitter: Congrats to @Allochthonous for "Best Physics, Astronomy, or Earth Science Post": http://t.co/em4cxUTWcl — ScienceSeeker (@SciSeeker) May 14, 2013 Check out the announcement on the … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery

Weekend procrastination for geonerds

The lectures are done, and the grading is over: now we can get on with that research stuff that we’ve been moaning that we don’t have enough time for, right? Well… Sadly, the internet has conspired against us, with not … Continue reading

Categories: geology, geomorphology

The dimensions of natural disasters

“If you’re not on a fault zone, a volcanically active zone, or a tsunami zone, you’re probably in a valley that’s prone to flooding or having things tumble down the hills towards you.” So opines risk consultant Tony Taig in … Continue reading

Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, public science

After the dam came out: The Cuyahoga River in Kent

We’ve been having one of those perfect spring weeks, where the weather is warm and sunny, the flowers are blooming, and there is nothing more enticing at the end of a workday than to take a nice long wander down … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, environment, geomorphology, hydrology, outcrops, photos