A Travesty of an Education
Would you be upset if I told you millions of kids are being taught that the earth is less than 10,000 years old? This is happening in Christian schools and homeschools* throughout America and the UK...
Rosetta Stones
Adventures in the good science of rock-breaking.
The Outstanding Imagery of Amanda Reese
You want some Yellowstone? You got some Yellowstone! Amanda Reese is one of my most talented friends, and she’s just got her photography website up.
The Cataclysm: "Stripped from the Proximal Forest"
A rather extensive forest became part of a directed blast deposit: that's the summary. One moment, you're a green and pleasant home for much of the local wildlife; the next, you've been rudely ripped apart and incorporated within a bunch of rock and ash by a volcano having a bad turn...
The Geologic Challenges of the Alpine Areas at the Sochi Olympics
We’ve seen how a wetland was turned in to Sochi’s Olympic Village. Let’s take that short trip to the Krasnaya Polyana mountain area and see what geologic challenges the engineers faced bringing us the facilities necessary for the alpine and Nordic events...
Happy 205th, Charles Darwin!
‘Tis Darwin Day, the day Charles Darwin was born in 1809, fifty years before he would publish the book that launched evolution as science.
When Seahawks Fans Cause Seismic Events
After the Seahawks won the Super Bowl, I got curious: did all those fervent fans I’ve been seeing painting the town blue and green for the last several weeks cause another BeastQuake?...
Building Sochi’s Olympic Village: An Olympian Task in a Geologically Risky Area
So, Sochi! The Olympics are about to start, you’re going to see all sorts of shiny new buildings and ski slopes, and you’ll be so excited by the events you may not pause to consider how they got there...
The Sciences
The Cataclysm: “Fully Down and Buried”
Geologists did a lot of talking to trees in the aftermath of Mount St. Helens’s eruption. They had a lot of questions, and the trees had a lot of answers*.
The Sciences
Tuesday Tune: “Volcanic Eruptions Song”
In celebration of the return of our Mount St. Helens eruption series, let’s have a sing-song about eruptions. Make sure you’ve got your dancing shoes on – Mr.
Shrooms of the Gods: A Geostory
If I told you the gods were rock gardening in southern Illinois, would you believe me? No, I know, I thought the same: American Midwest. Flat.
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