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Monthly Archives: September 2011
So you want to be a geologist
With many schools running options evening in the upcoming months, I thought I’d put a post together which answers a lot of the questions which I’ve been asked over the years – namely those which amount to “how do you … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Chemistry, Education, Geology, Physics, Science
Tagged A Level, Earth science, Education, General Certificate of Secondary Education, Geology, Science
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Weathering it out
Last night the NASA Earth Observatory posted up a natural colour satellite image of Puyehue Cordon Caulle – the volcano in Chile which has been erupting since June (and which I wrote about here). The eruption itself started on the … Continue reading
Posted in General, Geology, Science, Sedimentology, Volcanism
Tagged Argentina, Chile, Earth Sciences, NASA Earth Observatory, Pumice, Puyehue-Cordón Caulle, South America, tephra, Volcano
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Planet ‘Idle Speculation’
Last night the BBC aired its opening episode of Planet Dinosaur, billed as “bringing to life a new and terrifying world of dinosaurs”. It’s classified as ‘factual, science and nature’. Now, I’m very much in two minds about this program. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Geology, Media & Perception, Palaeontology, Science
Tagged BBC, Dinosaur, Earth science, Fossil, Paleontology, Spinosaurus
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The excitement of exploration
With a rather busy week out of the way (which neatly included the production of blackberry and elderberry wine, as well as a blackberry clotted cream ice cream) I can finally take a few minutes to draw some attention to … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Education, General, Geology, Science
Tagged Argus, Exploration, Hydrothermal vent, Nautilus Live, Robert Ballard, Santorini, Science
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