Author Archives: Chris Rowan

Geopuzzle #9

After a bit of a hiatus, I return to the geopuzzling fray with this photo: Your task is easy enough: interpret the features in the image above. Update: Answer here.

Categories: geopuzzling

Seismology@home

There’s an interesting news story in Nature* about a distributed computing project with a seismological twist. The proposed aim of the Quake-Catcher project is to hack and collate data from laptop accelerometers – designed to protect the hard drive when … Continue reading

Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, geology, geophysics, public science

Now showing in the geoblogosphere

If you haven’t already checked it out, the latest Accretionary Wedge went up while I was away, stacked full of entertaining musings from your favorite geobloggers about the role of geology, and geologists, in the entertainment industry. Or, as our … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery, public science

Mountain musings 2: What’s God got to do with it?

A meditation on different perspectives on, and responses to, natural grandeur.
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Categories: bloggery, general science

Mountain musings 1: The hard climb of science

Making the philosophical best out of getting lost in the mountains
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Categories: academic life, general science