Author Archives: Chris Rowan

Seismic hazards of the world

This is the Global Sesimic Hazard Assessment Program’s global hazard map: Andrew Alden of About.com geology has produced a nice little resource by taking the high-resolution data freely available on the GSHAP website and breaking it down into a series … Continue reading

Categories: geohazards

The Black Sea ‘flood’ and the rise of European agriculture

It’s nothing to do with Noah.
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Categories: general science, paper reviews

You can…

…complete your dissertation. Look at Brian. …actually make progress in the academic job market. Look at Propter Doc, soon to be “I Lecture, Therefore I Am”. Hearty congratulations to them both.

Categories: links

Bangladesh: young, flat, and vulnerable

Fellow Sciblings Sheril and Chris have done a sterling job of covering the impact of Cyclone Sidr, which struck Bangladesh at the end of last week. Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable to the large storm surges generated by such events, thanks … Continue reading

Categories: geohazards

Boarding the BPR3 juggernaut

Regulars in the science blogosphere have probably already heard about the Bloggers for Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting (BPR3) Initiative, which aims to provide a means of highlighting blog entries which eschew regurgitation of press releases about recently published research and instead … Continue reading

Categories: public science