In the field: Yukon Wolves, Moose, and Diamond Tooth Gerties
The best field projects are those that last several seasons; the ones you kind of own or share with any […]
Interpreting ancient environments
In the field: Windows into two billion year-old rocks
My early geological education was very much New Zealand centered; the gamut of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks (there are
In the field: from one extreme to another
Have you ever looked at some locale on a map or photograph and thought “that looks like an intriguing place
In the field: Beaches, sand dunes, and shellfish for lunch
Final exams over, a moment of tomfoolery, and I found myself disconsolate in a hospital bed, recovering from an operation
Rip currents – you’ve been warned
A rocky mound, 1500m above, and 119.44 km straight-line distance from the sea, is about as far as one can
Ropes, pillows and tubes; modern analogues for ancient volcanic structures
Analogies are the stuff of science. In geology, we frequently employ modern analogies of physical, chemical, or biological processes to
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,
Islands with attitude; the devastation wrought by collapse of oceanic volcanoes
Krakatoa, 1883, and the seas shivered. The eruption, one of the largest in recorded history, delivered tsunamis that swept away
Lahars; train-wreck geology
Christmas morning in New Zealand is synonymous with mid-summer barbecues at the beach, deservedly lazy times, perhaps a bit of
The origin of life: Panspermia, meteorites, and a bit of luck
In the opening scenes of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 Space Odyssey (1968), Neanderthal-like folk are scrounging for food, squabbling with a neighbouring