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Bare Earth Elements: Rim Fire Roundup 27 Aug 2013 | 07:16 pm
The devasting Rim Fire has been torching a growing patch of California for the last week and a half. The latest update from Cal Fire reports that the fire has burned about 726 square kilometers (~179,...
On the web: Mount St. Helens goes online to reach the masses 14 Aug 2013 | 10:39 pm
If you’ve ever felt the mysterious allure of volcanoes — both terrifying and spectacular — you can now experience the infamous eruption of Mount St. Helens from the safety of your computer. The new Mo...
Rescuing data from the dark 14 Aug 2013 | 08:51 pm
Along with the proliferation of techniques and technologies to deal with Big Data — the large volumes of data coming in from global sensors and satellites that can require supercomputers to crunch — g...
Digitizing Earth: Developing a cyberinfrastructure for the geosciences 14 Aug 2013 | 07:11 pm
That geoscientists are notorious hoarders should come as no surprise. After all, geoscientists collect and study nothing less than Earth itself. Over the last four decades, massive amounts of digital ...
Geologic Column: Assessing energy and mining workforce needs 5 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm
In his 1971 book, “Encounters with the Archdruid,” John McPhee quoted Charles Park, an economic geologist who worked at the U.S. Geological Survey and then Stanford University, who said, “People seldo...
Core skills in the geosciences: The geoblogosphere chimes in on what students need to know 5 Aug 2013 | 07:17 pm
Last April, I had a discussion with some of my fellow graduate students in the geology department at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York (SUNY Buffalo) about teaching. One topi...
Hidden graves give up their secrets to geologists 5 Aug 2013 | 06:55 pm
As of April 2013, more than 61,000 people were registered as missing in Colombia, many of whom are feared to be victims of the country’s narcotics-fueled gang wars and, presumably, buried in clandesti...
Neil Armstrong: First astrogeologist on the moon 5 Aug 2013 | 02:17 am
One year ago this month, Neil Armstrong died in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the age of 82. Armstrong will be forever remembered for that historic first step he took on the moon on July 20, 1969, but he also ...
Hurricane hunters fly toward improved storm forecasts 2 Aug 2013 | 11:35 pm
Hurricanes are one of the few natural disasters that strike with some advance notice. Forecasts can be made hours or even days ahead of landfall, giving communities time to prepare and evacuate. Never...
Blogging on EARTH: A letter from field camp 25 Jul 2013 | 03:30 am
Bryce Mitsunaga, a recent graduate of Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., is currently attending field camp at the Yellowstone-Bighorn Research Association camp located in the Beartooth Mountain ...
