Biomarkers; forensic tools for hydrocarbon fingerprinting
I like a good detective thriller. Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Britain’s BBC networks have produced some quality shows over the […]
The Greenhouse Advantage
Venus and Mars. Popular mythologies aside, neither planet has a particularly hospitable temperament. Both are rocky planets, like earth, and
A Gaggle of Goose Barnacles
You never know what new treasures will be discovered strolling along a beach after a good storm. The beach may
GRACE meets LANDSAT; Eyes in the sky monitoring long-terms changes in water resources
Monitoring groundwater from space You could be excused for labeling this title conspiratorial, the brutal reality encapsulated in Alan Parsons
CO2 – the Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent
CO2 has a bad rep. We can’t do without it (GOOD – it’s part of the photosynthetic process), but it
The Shunga Event; did a Precambrian mass extinction give rise to an ancient supergiant oil field?
Earth continues to evolve. So far it has taken, notwithstanding Bishop Ussher’s different view of things, about 4.6 billion years
Liquefaction; more than a sloppy puddle at the beach
Most of us at some time have gleefully created our own liquefied puddle by stomping on wet beach sand. I
When nature casually flicks a finger at us
I always feel a sense of unease when hearing of natural disasters. I live in a country where earthquakes, volcanic
Submarine landslides; danger lurks in the ocean deep
Source: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Website. You can watch this short video on Youtube Five pm, November 18
The fate of oceanic islands
Oceanic islands, specks, some barely visible across expansive seas; conjured images of a tropical paradise – the overstated tourist brochure