Author: Ricketts

January 15, 2018

My early geological education was very much New Zealand centered; the gamut of sedimentary, igneous

January 9, 2018

Have you ever looked at some locale on a map or photograph and thought “that

January 5, 2018

Final exams over, a moment of tomfoolery, and I found myself disconsolate in a hospital

January 1, 2018

A rocky mound, 1500m above, and 119.44 km straight-line distance from the sea, is about

December 11, 2017

Analogies are the stuff of science. In geology, we frequently employ modern analogies of physical,

December 5, 2017

This post is about asymmetry – the Arctic and Antarctic polar regions. They are the

November 30, 2017

Krakatoa, 1883, and the seas shivered. The eruption, one of the largest in recorded history,

November 21, 2017

The Saturday Evening Post, March 4, 1944, featured on its cover the iconic Norman Rockwell

November 18, 2017

A “Nitrate timebomb”. Last week’s media metaphor (Nov 10, 2017), was no doubt intended to

November 12, 2017

Our blue Earth, rising above the lunar horizon, is an abiding image of our watery