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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.
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Category: climatology
At SEEDMAGAZINE.com, Chris offers up a geologist's perspective on the latest assessment of geo-engineering schemes to use technology to deter on-going climate change.
Posted by Anne Jefferson at 4:51 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: environment
including mine.
Posted by Chris Rowan at 4:46 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: by Anne
Though the scientific story of anthropogenic global warming is familiar to many of us, Kolbert's book is still an excellent read. And for those unfamiliar with the causes and consequences of on-going climate change, Kolbert's book is an essential read.
Posted by Anne Jefferson at 7:34 AM • 18 Comments •
Category: climatology
In a parallel universe without the Montreal Protocol, mankind is gearing up for some major sunburn.
Posted by Chris Rowan at 7:13 PM • 39 Comments •
Category: climatology
What these terms actually mean - and the distinction between them.
Posted by Chris Rowan at 7:45 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: volcanoes
Finally, a blogospheric spat that actually matters. Craig McClain over at Deep Sea News has accused volcanoes of being the implacable enemies of marine life, based on new research linking them to some bouts of extreme ocean anoxia (where the...
Posted by Chris Rowan at 11:34 AM • 10 Comments •
Category: geohazards
A timely guest post from hydrogeologist Anne Jefferson.
Posted by Chris Rowan at 12:17 PM • 21 Comments •
Category: climatology
When the observed Arctic ice cover hit a record low last summer, I reviewed the last 20 years or so of ice coverage data, which showed a clear long(ish)-term decrease in both winter and summer ice cover, and concluded: At...
Posted by Chris Rowan at 7:49 AM • 0 Comments •
Category: planets
The little fellow circled here (in the solar sense of "little" - it's probably a few thousand miles across) appeared on the 4th January, and probably marks the start of Solar Cycle 24. A slight dent in those bold...
Posted by Chris Rowan at 7:35 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: climatology
Reports of a Maunder-like minimum are somewhat premature
Posted by Chris Rowan at 12:20 PM • 5 Comments •
