Category Archives: environment

The rightful place of science: putting us in ours

Science doesn’t need to be placed anywhere, it just needs us to listen to what it tells us.
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Categories: deep time, environment, public science, ranting

Web surfing on your coffee break: double climate trouble?

“Web surfing increases global warming” may become your manager’s new motto.
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Categories: environment, public science

Volcanoes: our noble allies in the battle against export productivity

Finally, a blogospheric spat that actually matters. Craig McClain over at Deep Sea News has accused volcanoes of being the implacable enemies of marine life, based on new research linking them to some bouts of extreme ocean anoxia (where the … Continue reading

Categories: climate science, environment, geology, tectonics, volcanoes

Why you can get ‘500 year floods’ two years in a row

A timely guest post from hydrogeologist Anne Jefferson.
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Categories: by Anne, climate science, environment, geohazards

A planet is for life, not just for Earth Day

Connect a bit more with the planet: not just today, but every day.
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Categories: environment, ranting