Author Archives: Chris Rowan

One year ago today: our Antarctic voyage begins

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Chris Rowan

You may recall that last Christmas, your intrepid bloggers managed to find ourselves on the trip of a lifetime to the Antarctic. We’re pretty sure that Geokid was Santa’s most southerly delivery on Christmas Eve. We have posted the odd … Continue reading →

Categories: Antarctica, photos

Come research with us!

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Chris Rowan

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a university professor with an active research program must be in want of grad students. MS and PhD students are generally the people who actually do all of the interesting science that we never … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life

L’Aquila earthquake manslaughter verdict reversed

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Chris Rowan

It should come as no surprise that I think that this is the right result: Six seismologists accused of misleading the public about the risk of an earthquake in Italy were cleared of manslaughter on 10 November. An appeals court … Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, public science, society

Tuesday dispatches from GSA: Vancouver

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Chris Rowan

Poster time for Chris! Cool science for everybody! Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, conferences

Monday dispatches from GSA: Vancouver

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Chris Rowan

The arrival of the long-threatened rain did not dampen lots of cool science.. Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, conferences, geomorphology