The Buzz: Shaking Things Up on ScienceBlogs
A recent influx of geobloggers on ScienceBlogs has brought rocks, mountains, and their fiery relatives volcanoes into the spotlight. Whether they’re talking about unusual uses of earthquake jargon,...
View ArticleThe Buzz: Volcanic Activity at Mount Redoubt
Geologists have been keeping a close watch on the volcanic activity brewing at Mount Redoubt, the 9,000 foot (2,700 m) volcano found in Alaska’s Aleutian Range. In response to the eruption at Redoubt...
View ArticleThe Buzz: Was the Italy Earthquake Predicted?
In the wake of Monday’s earthquake in the L’Aquila region of Italy that killed over 200 people, news emerged that one Italian scientist had predicted the earthquake less than two weeks earlier....
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The Buzz: Megafloods and Supervolcanoes: Oh, My!
Last weekend, some ultra-powerful movers, shakers, and carvers of our planet caught ScienceBloggers’ attentions. First, researchers debated the potential for Mt. Saint Helens to form a supervolcano,...
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The Buzz: Eruptive Media
This week, Eruptions’ Erik Klemetti sparked interest in the recent rumblings heard coming from Mt. Rainier in Washington State when he responded to a reader’s comment on increased seismic activity in...
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The Buzz: Earth Science Week
Last week, ScienceBloggers celebrated Earth Science Week with a flood of geocentric posts. This year’s theme this was Understanding Climate, and was the basis for a whole host of events in the coming...
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The Buzz: As the World Turns
As the Earth’s tectonic plates shift and grind miles below our feet, we feel the effects on the surface in the form of earthquakes and volcanic activity. As Ed Yong of Not Exactly Rocket Science and...
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The Buzz: Step On a Crack…
When it comes to geologic phenomena, the difference between renewal and cataclysm can walk a fine line. On All of My Faults Are Stress Related, Kim Hannula elucidates the distinction between causes...
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… And a Helmholtz Coil in a Pear Tree
On the first day of Christmas, one might gift his or her true love with a certain bird in a certain fruit tree…unless one’s true love is geology. On Highly Allocthonous, Chris Rowan runs down a...
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Disaster in Haiti
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti yesterday, and while the devastation is readily apparent, the human toll is not yet known. Chris Rowan details the tectonics on the event on Highly...
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