Author Archives: Anne Jefferson

Book Review: Field Notes from a Catastrophe

Though the scientific story of anthropogenic global warming is familiar to many of us, Kolbert’s book is still an excellent read. And for those unfamiliar with the causes and consequences of on-going climate change, Kolbert’s book is an essential read.
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Categories: by Anne, climate science

Last call for women geoscientists reading or writing blogs to take our Survey

The GSA meeting is ~6 weeks away – it must be time to start trying to make sense of the data, right? I’m helping Kim, Zuska, and Pat with a survey of women geoscientists and how they use blogs, and … Continue reading

Categories: academic life, bloggery, by Anne

Introducing myself

A new co-blogger says hi and shares her current work
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Categories: bloggery, by Anne

Survey: women geoscientists, blogs and recruitment

Whilst I continue my struggles to regain the blogging muse, here’s a much better use of your time: Over the past several years, the geoscience blogosphere has blossomed so much that this fall, the Geological Society of America (GSA) will … Continue reading

Categories: academic life, by Anne

Inspiration in ancient rocks and simple physics

[a post by Anne Jefferson] If you ask my mom how I got started in geology, she’d tell you that it began with her taking 3-year-old me to see landslides coming off steep hillslopes during the spring thaw. That makes … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, fieldwork, geology