Category Archives: public science

Notables and linkables

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Chris Rowan

Good news, everbody! It seems that the continuing growth of the geoblogosphere is starting to get noticed, with articles in both the AAPG Explorer and Geotimes, who together appear to have interviewed a good number of us. I’m quoted in … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, bloggery, geohazards, public science

A few more thoughts on the position and the responsibilities of science bloggers

Posted on April 5, 2008 by Chris Rowan

Is my blogging undermining my scientific credibility
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Categories: bloggery, public science

Bloggers and blogging in Nature Geoscience

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Chris Rowan

Given some of the other shenanigans that were percolating through the geoblogosphere yesterday, I was understandably a little bit cautious when I noticed a couple of familiar names popping up in the contents list for Nature Geoscience that arrived in … Continue reading →

Categories: general science, public science

Seismology@home

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Chris Rowan

There’s an interesting news story in Nature* about a distributed computing project with a seismological twist. The proposed aim of the Quake-Catcher project is to hack and collate data from laptop accelerometers – designed to protect the hard drive when … Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, geology, geophysics, public science

Now showing in the geoblogosphere

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Chris Rowan

If you haven’t already checked it out, the latest Accretionary Wedge went up while I was away, stacked full of entertaining musings from your favorite geobloggers about the role of geology, and geologists, in the entertainment industry. Or, as our … Continue reading →

Categories: bloggery, public science