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2008-11-02 10:16
The latest from LusiIn May 2006, an exploratory gas well being drilled in eastern Java hit a limestone aquifer. Because the lower part of the well had not yet been ‘cased’ - seal… Read More
2007-02-27 14:58
This morning, armed with my contract and my passport, I set out to register at my new academic home. I was told that I needed to go the International Office, which proved to be the starting… Read More
2007-02-27 07:27
Just a quick plug whilst I settle in down here in Jo'burg...Actually, I've never even tried to get properly published in Nature - I've yet to stray into fields of study that are 'sexy' enoug… Read More
2007-02-22 19:38
The last week or so has been... intense. The speed at which moving to another country went from a theoretical possibility to imminent reality caught me completely unawares, and I suddenly ha… Read More
2007-02-15 23:26
Other people may have received cards telling them how wonderful they were yesterday – but not me. Instead, I got a nice long e-mail from JGR regarding two papers I submitted way back i… Read More
2007-02-13 16:16
I dare you to visit this rather funky map quiz and not get addicted.My only complaint is that the pictures containing nothing but ocean floor are a little bit too difficult...(thanks to Ron)… Read More
2007-02-13 03:28
I suppose as a geologist I should feel angry and aggrieved about this newly minted PhD student:…Dr. Ross is hardly a conventional paleontologist. He is a “young earth creationis… Read More
2007-02-10 18:36
From the Berkeley Geological Association blog (with some snipping): Geolympics is the ultimate in field geologist competition. This yearly event should put to the test all the field practice… Read More
2007-02-09 18:17
You might have noticed that things fell silent here only two days into my promised seven-day epic. As it has turned out, the reasons I prevaricated about signing up to the Just Science chall… Read More
2007-02-07 11:14
In last months’ post about climate records from stalagmites and other speleothems, I concentrated on their potential for giving us detailed regional climate information over long time… Read More
2007-02-06 22:44
There are many differences between Titan’s atmosphere and Earth’s, in terms of temperature (a couple of hundred degrees lower) and composition (no oxygen, more methane), but the… Read More
2007-02-04 23:23
After a lot of dithering, I've signed myself up for the Just Science Challenge:we would like to propose a Week of Science, to begin on Monday, February 5, and end on Sunday, February 11. Dur… Read More
2007-02-02 17:58
Lab Lemming wants to know what I do in a typical day. I’m not sure I have a “typical day”, but today is as good as any other I suppose.Job title: Paleomagnetism technician… Read More
2007-02-02 12:00
Philosophia Naturalis #6 is up at Science and Reason. Lots of physical science goodness, but scandalously no geology - which is at least partly my fault for not getting around to submitting… Read More
2007-01-31 22:10
In one of the courses I taught last semester, the exam has asked pretty much the same questions every year for the last five years. This doesn’t exactly reflect well upon those doing… Read More
2007-01-31 12:04
I've been putting off the switch to the new blogger template system because, like Propter Doc, I've been having trouble getting the expandable post summaries to work properly. Rewriting the… Read More
2007-01-26 12:11
From New Scientist:Robert Ehrlich of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, modelled the effect of temperature fluctuations in the sun's interior. According to the standard view, the… Read More
2007-01-23 23:40
There’s a really nice post up on RealClimate about extracting climate records from stalagmites. Stalagmites and other speleothems form when water, percolating down from the surface an… Read More
2007-01-23 00:03
The news on the radio this morning informed me that today is apparently most depressing day of the year. Being contrary, I was actually feeling pretty good today. A proper weekend off, visit… Read More
2007-01-16 21:51
Those coping with the sad loss of Down to Earth, rejoice - a couple of other new(ish) earth science oriented blogs have been brought to my attention:Apparent Dip (thanks to Lab Lemming)....O… Read More
2007-01-16 21:49
It seems that the MP-nagging activities of your friendly neighbourhood science bloggers has caught the attention of Truth In Science, although I was a little puzzled that they directed their… Read More
2007-01-14 18:24
These are pretty cool – some excellently preserved black smoker chimneys from a 1.43 billion year-old massive sulphide body in northern China:Hydrothermal vents occur at mid-ocean ridg… Read More
2007-01-11 17:40
Certain witty and erudite public figures here in the UK have an annoying habit of making somewhat ignorant pronouncements on anthropogenic climate change, preferring to deny that it's happen… Read More
2007-01-11 12:07
Higher powers inform me that this week has been declared as Delurking Week. An invitation to any normally mute, semi-regular browsers to say hello, say them; a cunning use of emotional black… Read More
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