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You're not missing much 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.

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A girl, a pack, a forest, a river 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.

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Casting a Wider Net: Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences

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In the United States, we have a diversity problem in the geosciences. Less than 5% of BS degrees in geosciences go to minorities. NSF's OEDG program seeks innovative ways to cast a wider net for future geo-professionals.

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Hydrogeology and geomorphology: Notes from GSA Monday and Tuesday

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Some notes on the hydrogeology and geomorphology sessions and activities at the Geological Society of America meeting

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The Hydrology and Evolution of Basaltic Landscapes: Notes from GSA Sunday

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My first day at the Geological Society of America conference included lots of beautiful volcano and river photos...and good wine. All in the name of basalt.

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Earth Science Week Challenge Day 5: Earthquakes, volcanoes, and disasters, oh my

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One last push for geoblog readers to fund earth science projects that rattle the classroom windows.

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Earth Science Week Challenge Day 4: Rocks rocks rocks

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Will the geoblog readers put rocks in elementary kids' stockings?

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Earth Science Week Challenge Day 3: Whether the Weather

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Trying to rally the geologists to fund a weather project through DonorsChoose.

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A challenge for Earth Science Week

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Here in the US, we're celebrating Earth Science Week and the lead-up to the Geological Society of America meeting. What better time to inspire the next generation of earth scientists and earth science aficionados by helping make sure that good,...

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How to build a meandering river in your basement

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Meandering rivers are the most common river form on Earth, yet building a meandering river in a laboratory flume eluded scientists for decades. A new paper in PNAS shows the first results of a self-maintaining, coarse-bedded meandering river in a flume.

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Geobloggers need your help to give kids the Earth (Science)

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This year the collective of geo-bloggers is getting in on the DonorsChoose challenge and trying to fund projects that bring Earth Science into the classroom (or bring classrooms outside onto the Earth).

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Water in the sky, rocks underfoot, and a little stream to carry it all

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The two isolated mountains in Crowders Mountain State Park (NC) have withstood 500 million years of erosion, will they survive a gray and drizzly day with a hydrologist?

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