Tidal waves; prisoners of celestial forces
We are told that a tide waits for no one, the impatient cousin of time. In its early 13th century idiom […]
Interpreting ancient environments
The Burrens: An understated beauty
The Celts must have known a thing or two about rocks. They certainly recognized the bare hillslopes of western County
The Moine Thrust: An idea that unravelled mountains
PreambleI first heard about the Moine Thrust (northwest Scotland) during my undergraduate studies at Auckland University. Our department structural geology
Crème brûlée, jelly sandwich, and banana split; the manger a trois of layered earth models
Some things in science are just too difficult to comprehend: the temperature at the center of the sun (15,000,000oC), the
Martian organics; one more step in the right direction
Organic compounds (i.e. molecules that contain carbon bonded to hydrogen) are not the prerogative of earth. They have been identified
Submarine mud flows and landslides modified Kaikoura canyon during the 2016 M7.8 earthquake
A slashing blow by some mythical behemoth, knifing effortlessly through earth’s rocky foundations; a (seemingly) bottomless chasm, a canyon, with
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
Sliced thin; the universe revealed in microscopic fossils
The magnifying power of clear glass and crystal was probably discovered by the early Greeks and Babylonians. Can you imagine
Jet Streams
The Polar Vortex. Sounds like scenes from the apocalyptic movie The Day After Tomorrow; a bit of a down-draft and
Deciphering a volcano’s moods; predicting volcanic eruptions
A peaceful morning, zephyrs, whispy clouds wrapping, scarf-like, the towering edifice that is your town’s backdrop. A sudden roar; the