Intro to Geologic Time
One thing about time is that it keeps moving—always into the future and always in polar opposite, yet mutually supportive rhythms: relative and absolute. Relative time is agreeably flexible and adapts itself to the...
Category: Earthtime
Maybe Not So Extinct After All
This one will be short so I can get back to work, but it was too good to pass up a quick summary. (I am literally weeks away from having all the pieces in...
It Hasta be Shasta
My most recent post (A Show of Hands) certainly woke up some of the usual suspects, and although it was not my intention to spark such impassioned rebuttal, it is comforting to realize that...
What’s Next?
I spend quite a bit of time thinking about what the earth is going to look like when humans are no longer around to take care of it. I had a student once who...
What happened to my water?
One of the hot button topics again splashing across the media is the looming global water crisis. The article that prompted this post was gleaned from the CNN website on 25 February 2024, but...
Plastic Water Bottles: Friend or Foe?
I read yet another article about the dangers of plastics (this time from Newsweek on 09 January, 2024). I could go on and on about the possible permutations of the controversy and potential dangers...
Happy Anniversary
This one will be real short (but I promise a more detailed discussion when my currently overloaded life allows me the time). The year was 1700 on January 26th. None of us were here,...
Dinosaur Extinction and Nuclear Winter
I saw an article on the Fox website that discussed the extinction of the dinosaurs approximately sixty-six million years ago, marking the end of both the Mesozoic Era and the Cretaceous Period. The article,...
Get out and vote!
This one will be short, but hopefully include some information that we all should take to heart. Forgive me if this offends, but I have — for a very long time — been a...
We All Need a Drink
I’m sure that I’m not alone in my conflicted thoughts about what is happening in the Middle East at this time (November 2023). So much hatred and violence, and — speaking only for myself...
