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Incredible northern lights illuminated our path across the North Atlantic - here photographed with a five second exposure.
This one is more of a travelogue post than a scientific one - Sarah and I have just returned from an excellent meeting of [...]
Il terremoto M 5.5 del 21 novembre 2025 ha causato una decina di morti e diverse centinaia di feriti in un’area in cui gli edifici non sono certo adatti a sostenere sollecitazioni sismiche anche non importanti (ennesima dimostrazione che, almeno [...]
Waco Mammoth National Moment Fossil SiteIf you’ve ever wondered what happens when a herd of Columbian mammoths, a flash flood, and 21st-century paleontologists all meet in Waco, Texas… well, Waco Mammoth National Monument has your answer: deep [...]
This is the second ELI about identifying rocks in an outdoor collection - 'A forgotten rock garden - 2; help a geologist identify a treasured outdoor collection'.This activity involves matching a set of photographs to their [...]
This is neat. It's close to my vision of a double-vortex hurricane. Condensation must be a part of the heat engine. We could throw in a bunch of instrumented beach balls. Anyway, this is about 80% [...]
Today's story, kids, is about the Arctic in full recharge, yet it is pissing out a lot of cold.Lots of undefined cold air is coming down on us. This will give us -5C in Toronto, and some lake snow. The blob does not [...]
There is a new mensch Canadian underwear being promoted heavily on the socials. The ads seem to be designed to get the women to buy it for their men.This is gay underwear. It feels like pantyhose, not that I ever tried [...]
Having totally missed the last two huge Arctic spills, the weather people thought they would make up one. I had a snit because I thought they were reading me. Turns out they don't read at all.I spent the last few days [...]
Oakland’s rocks spill over the city boundaries. Previously in this space I’ve presented two examples (1, 2) from down Fremont way. This week I tracked down an odd bit of color on the geologic map and found a splendid lump of one of our most [...]