Author Archives: Chris Rowan

Earth Science Erratics: the kinder, gentler way to start geoblogging

Is one of your New Year’s Resolutions this year to start a science blog? We’re here to help. Continue reading

Categories: bloggery

After the (blog)storm: following up on the big geological stories of 2010

In the past year, there have been several occasions where we’ve discussed events that were, at the time of posting, capturing a lot of media attention. But, as we all know, the attention span of the rolling news cycle is … Continue reading

Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, public science

Chris’s travels in 2010

It’s travel meme time! Following the example Silver Fox, Garry Hayes, Callan Bentley and Jess Ball, here’s a summary of my travels this year. If nothing else, it’s a good chance to (re)post pretty photos. In January, a trip to … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery, photos

The 12 geological days of Christmas: a reprise

Merry Christmas, everyone! I’m having a rather strange Christmas this year – most of my unwrapping this year has been of the flat-pack furniture variety, as my new flat in Chicago slowly starts to look a little less minimalist. Whilst … Continue reading

Categories: geology

How the conference presentation was done

Any resemblance to the task of producing my poster for AGU is purely coincidental.

Categories: academic life, bloggery, conferences