Category: Interpreting ancient environments

August 22, 2018

The Celts must have known a thing or two about rocks. They certainly recognized the

August 8, 2018

PreambleI first heard about the Moine Thrust (northwest Scotland) during my undergraduate studies at Auckland

July 9, 2018

Some things in science are just too difficult to comprehend: the temperature at the center

June 29, 2018

Organic compounds (i.e. molecules that contain carbon bonded to hydrogen) are not the prerogative of

April 10, 2018

A slashing blow by some mythical behemoth, knifing effortlessly through earth’s rocky foundations; a (seemingly)

March 30, 2018

Version 1: “What’s that Pa?” Point it out, the “What’s that”. Ah yes, I

March 17, 2018

Anyone who has swum, snorkeled, or dived among coral reefs, will breach the sea surface a

March 11, 2018

The magnifying power of clear glass and crystal was probably discovered by the early Greeks

March 3, 2018

The Polar Vortex. Sounds like scenes from the apocalyptic movie The Day After Tomorrow; a

February 24, 2018

A peaceful morning, zephyrs, whispy clouds wrapping, scarf-like, the towering edifice that is your town’s