Author Archives: Chris Rowan

What is a manned space programme actually for?

I bet more people currently know the name of a valiant little Mars rover than know the names of the current astronauts on the ISS.
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Categories: general science, planets, ranting

Where I’ve been

It’s been a bit quiet around these parts since I posted on the Haiti earthquake. Those of you following me on Twitter know that at that point I was actually spending a few days exploring New York: its parks, its … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery, conferences, outcrops, photos

Tectonics of the Haitian earthquake

Haiti is parked right on top of a plate boundary, but too poor to really prepare for the inevitable large earthquake.
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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, geology, tectonics

Geospatial data and the web (#scio10 preparation)

What’s available, what should be available, what tools do we need to use them?
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Categories: fieldwork, general science, geology

Fox News: volcanic coal kills off dinosaurs before they even evolved

I’d prefer churnalism to gratuitous insertion of wrong.
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Categories: general science, public science, ranting, science education