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 […]
Climate Change; a Geological Perspective
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 fate of oceanic islands
Oceanic islands, specks, some barely visible across expansive seas; conjured images of a tropical paradise – the overstated tourist brochure
Coastal Aquifers; Groundwater at Sea
Manawapou River, New Zealand The image above illustrates part of a familiar grand cycle; water evaporated from the oceans,
“My water well taps into an underground river” and other myths
“Our water well taps into an underground lake”. “There’s an underground river running beneath our property”. “The river under our
The Architecture of Connected Holes; A Different Way to Look at the Liquid Earth
2nd in the Series on Groundwater We commonly differentiate the solid earth in terms of its architecture, whether it is
Astronomy, Cycles and Climate Change
Cycle: ( noun) A series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order (Oxford Dictionary) How Milankovitch cycles
Climate Change; a Geological Perspective, Digressions, SciComm, Science in Context
The crosses I bear
I have had occasion recently to bear the brunt of criticism about some of the decisions one makes in life.
The Bubbles That Changed our Perspective on the World’s Climate
One of my geology field seasons in the Canadian Arctic worked out of a base-camp on Axel Heiberg Island (west
Geological Trappings; Carbon Capture and Storage
CCS – what is it? Carbon dioxide is a significant by-product of oil and natural gas production at the well-head,