Submarine landslides; danger lurks in the ocean deep
Source: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Website. You can watch this short video on Youtube Five pm, November 18 […]
Interpreting ancient environments
The fate of oceanic islands
Oceanic islands, specks, some barely visible across expansive seas; conjured images of a tropical paradise – the overstated tourist brochure
Paddling Colombia; ancient rivers over granite
Colombia is a tapestry of snow-capped mountain ranges, peaks soaring to 5700m, volcanoes (15 of them active), tropical jungle with the myriad life-forms it supports, cascading rivers, and lazy rivers that in the east meander across the broad Orinoco and the northern edge of Amazonia….
Coastal Aquifers; Groundwater at Sea
Manawapou River, New Zealand The image above illustrates part of a familiar grand cycle; water evaporated from the oceans,
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
Class 5; Surf rolls and cartwheels; Surf kayaking at Raglan, New Zealand
Sam had the day off so the two of us headed to Raglan and Ngarunui Beach, a typical wild, west
Throwing the Celestial Dice
The expression global extinction frequently conjures images of all life being snuffed out by an act of celestial hubris. Asteroids,
Astronomy, Cycles and Climate Change
Cycle: ( noun) A series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order (Oxford Dictionary) How Milankovitch cycles
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