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Recently, I was fortunate to represent the Smithsonian Institution's travel program, Smithsonian Journeys, as a geologic lecturer for 145 guests. We sailed from Glasgow Scotland to Bergen Norway, stopping at six delightful and very scenic [...]
The 'cold-warm' collision is happening north of Toronto.Look at the vortex here! Flooding up north. But the collision is mucky.In other news, we have a one-day heatwave for the Earth.This spike has no back-up on the other [...]
Once again, if we are right at the boundary of the big fight between the Arctic blob and the Gulf plume, we will have another rain-fest in Toronto.Since nobody does physics, we will have another great explanation on how this is all climate [...]
ReferenceThis looks like it would be fun to watch, but I can't from the cottage. It proves violent mixing in the atmosphere. Can they show this and still push 'greenhouse gases'? Yes they can. They [...]
Cave Man in the Moon?
In the last few weeks there has been some speculation about the existence of caves (or, more likely, lava tubes) on the Moon and their suitability as good places to live on the satellite. See HERE and HERE.
The data from [...]
Our colleagues from the Active Fault & Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Institute at Pukyong National University in Busan (South Korea) advertise a PostDoc position in their team. Here’s the details: Thanks Sambit Prasanajit Naik for
Continued from Part 1The Earth has a fully regulated temperature system that has enabled life to exist. Any 'run away' reaction would have happened a long time ago.The regulation depends on the properties of water -- too hot and [...]
As climate change makes weather harder to predict, most infrastructure will need to be retrofitted or redesigned and rebuilt with future climate resilience in
Ha, I totally forgot what I said about the 'Big Makeover' of Pick B. This is the station that I think has no soil underneath the basement, and is suspended on its piles. Of course, they won't do their geotechnical [...]
Down to Earth Extra August 2024
The August 2024 edition of Down to Earth Extra has bee published. You can download it HERE or you can read it below.