Author Archives: Anne Jefferson

Where we’ll be at AGU

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Anne Jefferson

‘Tis the season to…. go to a conference? A couple of weeks before Christmas might not seem like the most sensible time to hold a big international conference, but next week tens of thousands of geoscientists will descend on the … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, conferences

Geobloggers – why do you blog?

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Anne Jefferson

For geology bloggers, one of the most interesting, and encouraging, things about 2010 was that two big geological organisations – the Geological Society of America and the American Geophysical Union – have started to grasp, and exploit, the potential of … Continue reading →

Categories: bloggery, public science, science education

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

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Anne Jefferson

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 fortnight

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Anne Jefferson

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 →

Categories: Uncategorized

Where on Google Earth #227

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Anne Jefferson

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