Beneath the ice; Greenland’s bedrock
Greenland is giving up its secrets, one at a time Greenland’s ice-sheet is a significant component of the global ice-ocean […]
Climate Change; a Geological Perspective
Coral reefs and waves: degradation of the first might lead to increased damage by the second
Anyone who has swum, snorkeled, or dived among coral reefs, will breach the sea surface a different person. The unimaginable diversity
Jet Streams
The Polar Vortex. Sounds like scenes from the apocalyptic movie The Day After Tomorrow; a bit of a down-draft and
It looks like sea level rise is accelerating; the era of satellite altimetry
Sea level. It’s the most common starting point for any kind of elevation measurement, a datum, that for centuries was
The fractured lives of ice shelves; destined to collapse
Under the influence of gravity ice will flow or creep, albeit glacially. Stand in front of a glacier or the
Polar bears do not live in the Antarctic, there are no Penguins in the Arctic. The asymmetry of the poles
This post is about asymmetry – the Arctic and Antarctic polar regions. They are the most frigid places on Earth,
Climate Change; a Geological Perspective, Groundwater - geofluids, SciComm, Science in Context
Nitrate in excess; a burgeoning global contamination problem
A “Nitrate timebomb”. Last week’s media metaphor (Nov 10, 2017), was no doubt intended to create visions of dire deeds.
Dirt; Soil degradation is a global problem we inflict on ourselves
The media loves hyperbole. In some ways they remind me of ‘The end is nigh’ cartoon guy. This week (Oct
Class 5; The Toba eruption – how a super volcano almost stopped humanity in its tracks
Toba Lake, in northern Sumatra, occupies the ancient Toba caldera. One of its outlets, the Asahan River, is the site
The intriguing paradox of global warming piggybacking on global cooling
Flood, fire, drought … We have, by luck and muddled management, thwarted pestilence, but it seems that changing weather patterns