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Earth Science Week and Earth Science Literacy

Earth Science Week and Earth Science Literacy It’s Earth Science Week again, stimulated and coordinated by the AGI: Since October 1998, the American Geological...

October 1, 2010 10 min read

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Sunday sand: glass beaches

The phrase “glass sand” would normally make you think of ultra-pure sand resources used in glass-making, such as the sands of Fontainebleau. But I was intrigued...

October 1, 2010 6 min read

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September 2010

Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives

September 1, 2010 4 min read

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Sands of the San Francisco Exploratorium

When I bought my ticket for the Exploratorium, I asked, of course, where there were exhibits that used sand. After initially pointing to one close by, the guy b...

August 1, 2010 7 min read

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Sunday Sand: Marshall Beach, San Francisco

I’ve had the idea of starting a regular Sunday post simply showing off the character of a different sand each week. And, following on from my recent visit to th...

August 1, 2010 4 min read

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August 2010

Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives

August 1, 2010 4 min read

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Accretionary Wedge: the Geoblogosphere

Dave Bressan (History of Geology and Cryology and Co.) has posted a call for a new Accretionary Wedge episode with the grand theme of the geoblogosphere, geolog...

July 1, 2010 7 min read

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Limulus polyphemus: sand artist and one of nature's wonders

So OK, Jim Denevan is in a different league, but back in May, when the tides were high and the first full moon of the month was rising over Queens, New York, La...

July 1, 2010 8 min read

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June 2010

Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives

June 1, 2010 9 min read

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The Geoblogosphere: a commentary

Curious about the cultural dimensions of the International Geoblogosphere, and with the impression (without much in the way of supporting statistics) that the U...

May 1, 2010 14 min read