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In memoriam

In memoriam Back in 2009, my father made several references to my “Simpsons challenge” in Through the Sandglass. Having found several tenuous connections to san...

December 1, 2018 4 min read

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December 2018

December 2018 Back in 2009, my father made several references to my “Simpsons challenge” in Through the Sandglass. Having found several tenuous connections to s...

December 1, 2018 2 min read

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Earth Science Week: "Geology helps the land tell you stories"

Earth Science Week: “Geology helps the land tell you stories” It’s this year’s Earth Science Week - see the American Geosciences Institute and Geological Societ...

October 1, 2016 10 min read

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October 2016

October 2016 It’s this year’s Earth Science Week - see the American Geosciences Institute and Geological Society of London sites). I have periodically attempted...

October 1, 2016 9 min read

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Please read this

Please read this Erik Klemetti is an assistant professor of Geosciences at Ohio’s Denison University and he writes Eruptions , a blog about all things volcanic...

September 1, 2016 9 min read

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Sandscapes of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Sandscapes of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge I have just returned from an utterly memorable two weeks in the stunning, extraordinary, landscapes of Iceland. I have neve...

September 1, 2016 2 min read

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September 2016

September 2016 I have just returned from an utterly memorable two weeks in the stunning, extraordinary, landscapes of Iceland. I have never seen anything quite...

September 1, 2016 1 min read

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August 2016

August 2016 I witnessed my first flash flood decades ago in the Oman. Fortunately we were camped far enough - just - above the floor of the wadi to be able to s...

August 1, 2016 2 min read

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"No one actually studies sand" - misconceptions and science literacy

For one reason or another (likely to be discussed in a future post), I have been working on an essay that attempts to address cross-cultural aspects of viewing...

July 1, 2016 4 min read

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"The Sendak of sand sculpting"

He’s been called “The Picasso of pumpkin carving” and his pumpkins are stunningly spectacular, but Ray Villafane is also a remarkable sand sculptor. His “Elepha...

July 1, 2016 2 min read

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July 2016

July 2016 For one reason or another (likely to be discussed in a future post), I have been working on an essay that attempts to address cross-cultural aspects o...

July 1, 2016 4 min read

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A Reverence for Rivers (3): Piling up a heritage of conflict and litigation over water rights

We only have ONE hydrologic system, dammit! School kids know that (it’s in all their textbooks), geologists, geophysicists, geomorphologists, environmental scie...

June 1, 2016 19 min read