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This beautiful specimen is Protoaster Haefneri, a new species of edrioasteroid, an extinct lower Cambrian genus of echinoderm from the Kinzers Formation of York County, Pennsylvania.The specimen was found by and named after Chris Haefner, and is [...]
Yuck, at least the garden soil became workable, so I have been busy. I took the tomatoes out for the day, but now they are back under the lights for the next week. I was going to stay away until I read something intelligent in the news, but I [...]
Another year, another Manchester marathon, another perfect day with perfect cool, still, cloudy weather and perfect organisation, another PB, shaving 89 seconds off the time I managed last year. A lengthier blog is posted here for those who are [...]
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When Ottawa says they are breaking records for snow, they aren't breaking this record.
The world the Selkirk settlers knew was a cooler one than our own. They were living in the Little Ice Age, the interval between the 1450 and 1850 [...]
By Jayme Schlimper, Overnight Program Manager and Curator of Education Collections HEY EVERYONE LOOK HERE I HAVE SOMETHING SUPER IMPORANT TO TELL YOU! Xplorations camps at HMNS are no more! Just kidding! Did I scare you? Don’t worry we’ll still [...]
A lot of excitement has been generated this year with the plentiful precipitation in the California Desert and the resulting "Super-Bloom". Mrs. Geotripper and I didn't want to totally miss out on the sights, but we didn't want to be in [...]
The Antarctic field team returns to humanity, showers, and hot
This year’s theme encourages students to explore the relationship between human beings and water through various art
Easter is nearly here, which can only mean one thing....The return of the Great Geobakeoff! Continue reading →
This year I have been lucky enough to land some field class teaching time in New Zealand. The trip is an existing course for Level 3 BSc Geography students which visits the South Island. As a volcanologist this was a little daunting given that the [...]