Category Archives: academic life

The start of a complicated – but exciting – summer

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Chris Rowan

With family on both sides of the Atlantic, the Allochthonous family always faces the prospect of a complicated summer, but this year we decided that we needed an additional science leg in the Pacific North West, and that we need … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, bloggery, by Anne, photos

March Meanderings

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Anne Jefferson

It’s been another month of fascinating scientific adventures for your resident hydrologist. It all began at the end of February, when I travelled to La Crosse, Wisconsin to the Upper Midwest Stream Restoration Symposium, which was a really stimulating and … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, by Anne, conferences, geomorphology

Scenic Saturday: Echoes of Mary Anning

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Anne Jefferson

On March 9th, 1847, the world lost a great scientist to breast cancer. She was poor, lacked formal education, and practiced a minority religion, but she had a keen eye and mind that helped see things that others couldn’t and … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, by Anne, fossils, Mesozoic, outcrops