Category Archives: public science

Standing up for serpentinite

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Chris Rowan

The presence of serpentinite is like a big red flag telling geologists “interesting tectonic stuff here!”. But in California, that might not be the only red flag that you will be seeing in the future, if the state government have their way. Continue reading →

Categories: antiscience, geology, public science, rocks & minerals, science education

Volcanic ash: you can’t avoid if you can’t detect it

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Chris Rowan

“we have got a storm scope and weather radar and they were looking straight through it.”
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Categories: geohazards, public science, ranting

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

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Chris Rowan

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

Advice and Advocacy

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Chris Rowan

UK government sacks a scientific advisor for saying that ‘evidence-based’ drugs classification not supported by evidence.
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Categories: public science

ScienceOnline 2010: geobloggers required

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Chris Rowan

Registration is now open for ScienceOnline2010, the fourth annual science communicators conference, being held January 14-17 next year in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina. Please join us for this free (but donations are accepted) three-day event to … Continue reading →

Categories: bloggery, public science