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 […]
SciComm
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,
“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
Digressions, SciComm, Science in Context
Science vs. Anti-science; Editorial in Scientific American
If you haven’t already done so, have a read of this Editorial from Scientific American. It concerns the state of
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
Astronomy, Cycles and Climate Change
Cycle: ( noun) A series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order (Oxford Dictionary) How Milankovitch cycles
Digressions, SciComm, Science in Context
Dali Wasn’t Nuts; the Creativity of Science
Salvador Dali – his art and science Art can be thought of as (among other things) the construction of sensory
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.