Chris Rowan is a geologist specialising in the dark arts of paleomagnetism, and getting people to pay him to travel to exotic destinations for fieldwork. Having drilled up New Zealand during his PhD, and South Africa in his first post-doc, he now works at the University of Edinburgh.
Anne Jefferson has a love of all things water-related and blends hydrology, geomorphology, geology, and climate change in her work. She has a Ph.D. from Oregon State University and is now an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Another 7 days' worth of interesting links I shared on Twitter.
Kelvin Wave Renews El Nino [image]
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43200
(via @NASA_EO)
Barchan dunes / marauding jellyfish advancing north of Winnemucca
http://geopathology.posterous.com/barchan-dunes-marauding-jellyfish-advancing-n
(via @geo_pathology)
One part of @brianshiro's job is monitoring the Earth's magnetic field for the @USGS. Learn about it here (PDF):
http://www.intermagnet.org/publications/Magnetic_monitoring_of_earth_and_space.pdf
Epic satellite picture of massive dust storm sweeping across S Sahara, Africa
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43200
@rschott has an updated list of geo blogs broken out into active and inactive
http://ron.outcrop.org/blog/?page_id=716
(via @sfoxx, @clasticdetritus)
What are all those grooves on Phobos? Possible Martian impact ejecta? Cool.
http://webservices.esa.int/blog/post/7/1078 , see also http://bit.ly/dupEHa
(via @elakdawalla)
Friday Field Foto no. 105: Lava channel frozen in time [beautiful!]
http://clasticdetritus.com/2010/03/19/friday-field-foto-105-basalt-channel/
(via @clasticdetritus)
Why Evolution is very right thank you very much. Beyond a 'Darwin was wrong' headline
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/19/darwin-evolutionary-science-media-coverage
(via @AdamRutherford)
Engaging the public on science? Surely you\u2019re joking! [UK Research councils have strategy for encouraging public engagement. Who knew?]
http://2020science.org/2010/03/10/engaging-the-public-on-science-surely-youre-joking/
(via @BoraZ, @Mary_Spiro)
Students who understand earth is 4.5 biillion years old much more likely to understand evolution.
http://www.minnpost.com/scientificagenda/2010/03/18/16696/understanding_earth's_geological_age_and_evolution_linked
(via @RonsGeoPicks)
World's oldest rivers mapped under huge desert dunes. [Can't access journal to see actual map. Boo]
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18636-worlds-oldest-rivers-mapped-under-huge-desert-dunes.html
(via @ScienceSoWhat)
The Oldest Trees on the Planet
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/old-tree-gallery/
(via @ScienceSoWhat)
Corot finds Jupiter-like exoplanet with orbit in right temperature range for icy moons .
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/COROT/SEMJOMCKP6G_0.html
(via @esa)
Largest global earthquakes. [Nice plot showing that few large eqs release almost all seismic energy]
http://shakingearth.blogspot.com/2010/03/largest-global-earthquakes.html
(via @Geoblogfeed)
Follow Scripps scientists this week as they map the Chile earthquake rupture site on the seafloor
http://www.siosearch.com/
(via @Scripps_Ocean)
The study that launched the @USGSted Twitter earthquake detector project: [Looking forward to the follow-up!]
http://www.seismosoc.org/publications/SRL/SRL_81/srl_81-2_es/
LD PPC Mark Wright on importance of having scientists and engineers in parliament
http://blog.sciencecampaign.org.uk/?p=840
(via @UKRC, @sciencecampaign)
Astoundingly beautiful. Planck sees tapestry of cold dust [in intragalactic space] (via , )
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Planck/SEMMN9CKP6G_0.html
(via @kejames, @esa)
Do you want people to discuss your published work? [and do you mind that discussion being on blogs?]
http://scienceblogs.com/ethicsandscience/2010/03/do_you_want_people_to_discuss.php
(via @docfreeride)
America\u2019s largest shake table can test quake resilience of entire buildings (via )
http://news.discovery.com/videos/tech-earthquake-shake-table-rocks-buildings.html
(via @RonsGeoPicks)
Landslide in Maierato, Italy
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php
[the one which was caught on video: ]
http://bit.ly/awuJjH
(via @NASA_EO)
BALLS CONDEMNS EXPERT FOR KNOWING STUFF. Classic.
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/balls-condemns-expert-for-knowing-stuff-201003162562/
(via @thedailymash)
Mars Express sees the far side of Phobos Nice one onto the north pole too.
http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002390/
(via @elakdawalla)
Except for 1 section in N Chile, whole plate boundary off W coast of South America has ruptured in last 150 years.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100309083656.htm
You should also check out this animation of the rupture.
http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8341bf67c53ef01310f8c04b3970c-pi
Volcano Profile: Erta Ale
http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/03/volcano_profile_erta_ale.php ,
Home of the worlds most awesome lava lake: see also:
http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/perm/erta/index-en.html
(via @Geoblogfeed)
Deep-sea volcanoes play key climate role. Source of iron, often a limiting nutrient for phytoplankton.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE62E0QJ20100315
(via @geology4u)
Geo-neutrino anti-matter detected. Produced by radioactive decay inside Earth. Interesting
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7061848.ece
(via @TimesScience)
Ocean acidification: Why the climate change deniers don't want to talk about it
http://resourceinsights.blogspot.com/2010/03/ocean-acidification-why-climate-change.html
(via @Geoblogfeed)
Pakistani Mud Volcanoes at NASA Earth Observatory [Natural ones]
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=43127
