Author Archives: Chris Rowan

Neoproterozoic signs of life

Whilst the the dawn of the Cambrian clearly marked the diversification of mobile, active animals and biomineralisers, the story of their first origins appear to have begun much earlier.
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Categories: fossils, geology, paper reviews, past worlds, Proterozoic

Is tweeting bad for blogging?

Is there a “Twitter divide”, and if there is, what can we do about it?
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Categories: bloggery

Stuff I linked to on Twitter last week

The last seven days’ worth of links I though worth sharing.
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Categories: links

Man-made mud volcano starting to look like a real volcano

Was big muddy pool with a steaming vent in the middle. Now big muddy pool with steaming hill in the middle.
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Categories: geohazards, Lusi

Haiti’s seismic future

Is Haiti safe yet? Will there be another devastating earthquake in the future – and if so, when?
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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, geology