Hello fellow science nerds. Today, thanks to m’lady’s forward thinking and eagerness to book well in advance, I had the great privilege of visiting CERN in Geneva. We were heading to Geneva anyway as part of a world trip. So you don’t have to incur the extremely high prices of Geneva, I thought I’d share my experience as [...]

Episode 17 of the podClast concentrates on the 6.3 magnitude earthquake with struck Christchurch on 22nd of February 2011 which has tragically resulted in thousands on injuries and hundreds of deaths. We chat about the seismic setting and the human element of this disaster. Also discussed is the concept of the anthropocene, a proposed new geological epoch, age or chron (whichever it may be).

It’s episode 16 of the podClast. This episode discusses the magnitude 7.1 earthquake which struck Christchurch New Zealand at 04:36 NZST on 2001-09-04. We discuss the damages, the geological setting and other bits and pieces relating to New Zealand seismicity.

It’s episode 15 of the podClast. Double earthquakes in Tonga, massive floods in Pakistan, single earthquakes in Haiti and California and a whole lot more. It’s a slow motion tsunami of geological discussion.

The massive M 8.8 earthquake in Chile resulted in a tragic loss of life which, as of 2010-03-01, numbered more than 700. We won’t know the full extent of the damage inflicted on Chile or the interesting geological information we can gather from this event for a while yet. What we have been able to [...]

I tend to pack some of my articles with terms the average person may not be familiar with. What is an isotope? I give a quick and dirty explanation in this geology and science basics article.

Episode 14 is the Geobloggers in the Pub: San Francisco edition. We talk in a slightly intoxicated way about what makes a geologist, human exploration of the planets, the importance of primary research and more.

From the Stuff.co.nz article “Wellington still prone to quakes” comes this little gem of stupidity: Bart Hanson (09:08 pm Sep 18 2009) This article epitomizes my disgust for experts who cannot tell us when the next huge natural disaster will hit and merely being in a particular place at that moment will decide who lives and who [...]

Hello everyone. Although I haven’t posted here in a while, I’m still actively working on the site and this brand spanking new theme is proof. Have a look around. If you feel like it, tell me of anything you spot that looks wrong either in the comments, or just by tweeting it to me on [...]

The geology links I found interesting today and posted to my Tumblr feed. Including clarifying the relationships between science for a chemistry student, the deep time spiral image from the USGS and more.