Author Archives: Anne Jefferson

Stuff we linked to on Twitter last week

Chris, who holds the keys to the magic scripts that make our Twitter link fest something less than an all-day HTML formatting slog, is traveling at the moment. So forgive the leaner linky goodness this week, and savor the best … Continue reading

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Flood! In the middle of Australia’s Outback?!

Without question, the most important geologic experiences in my career have been floods. I grew up on the Upper Mississippi River in southern Minnesota and decided I wanted to study rivers during the Great Flood of 1993. Four years later, … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, geohazards, hydrology

The science of streams in the city

It’s not as breathtakingly beautiful and soul-cleansing as crystal clear springs in forested mountains, but this is the present and future of many of the world’s streams, and the way that most people interact with their local stream and watershed, … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, hydrology

A day in Anne’s life

On Twitter, JacquelynGill has called for today be a celebration of women in science (Twitter search:#womeninscience), with instructions to “Tweet and blog your favorite women scientists, introduce yourself, share resources, etc.” On top of this, I’ve not forgotten my exhortation … Continue reading

Categories: academic life, by Anne

Snow, water, digital imaging, metamorphism…and a guillotine!

When water infiltrates past the ground surface and begins to percolate through the soil’s unsaturated zone, it doesn’t move downward like an even sheet. Instead, fast fingers of water move downward along pores, roots and other places where flow is … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, hydrology, paper reviews