Why we Blog

I’ve made a life thus far, however modest, of writing. Writing has always been a fallback, an outlet, a necessity. As a society we’re falling farther and farther away from the outdoors. From ‘get your hands dirty’ science. Modern life is the struggle for quantification. Modeling. Predicting. The soul of science is slipping away. And [...]

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Geology Bucket List #1: Matterhorn

A few months ago, while Google+ was still ripe and my return to blogging was on the cusp, myself and fellow geology blogger Chris over at Geology Melange often discussed our Geology Bucket List. You know the bucket list – the quitessential list made as you age, detailing the places you want to go and [...]

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The 2011 Virginia Earthquake – Department of the Interiors livechat questions answered

If you haven’t heard, or forgotten recently, there was an earthquake last week.  I know, earthquakes happen all of the time. But this one was a little different. Folks of America’s mid-Atlantic states felt the effects of a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in the middle of the day on August 23rd. The quake had an epicenter [...]

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NE Appalachian Basin Tectonics – Preview

Last night, I arrived back in Buffalo from a graduate/undergraduate/professional course on the tectonic formation of the Appalachian Basin – a week-long field course through New York’s Finger Lakes and Mohawk Valley region. As a climatologist by trainign and research, but geomorphologist at heart; structural geology felt like a punishment as an undergraduate. The course [...]

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