Introduction to waves in the ocean
I think that one thing most of us will agree upon is that sitting on the shore and listening to the sound of the sun can help soothe even the rockiest of passions. Any...
A Guide to the Earth for the Layperson
I think that one thing most of us will agree upon is that sitting on the shore and listening to the sound of the sun can help soothe even the rockiest of passions. Any...
I love being a geologist. Along with being able to spend my life outside and in nature (and drink a lot of beer in my salad days — it’s one of the requirements for...
This will be a short one, but hopefully set the stage for several more that will come as soon as I can put them together (how cool would it be to have nothing else...
The tagline on the noon news was enough all by itself: “California to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035.” This is another one of those ideas that sounds so good, and yet...
kaBoom2 The headline of the article in Global Times (8/10/22) sounded ominous: “Earth overdue for volcanic super eruption. Explosive pressure builds up over millions of years, new research finds.” The article reports that “super...
Oh my! The images and videos of the August 2022 flooding in Death Valley, California, are certainly impressive. Only 1.46 inches of rainfall were recorded at the Furnace Creek Visitor’s Center, but that was...
We all have those times of the year that we really enjoy. For myself I love the late fall when the rain machine here in southwestern Oregon (usually) turns on (if we’re lucky) and...
It’s funny: water is nearly incapable of going in a straight line when it’s moving across the land. Think about it. Any little thing — or nothing — will divert the flow. I once...
Susie and I were married in our teens, and by the beginning of our third year at the university we were broke — flat busted and living on ramen and bean burritos (love can...
I spent much of my high school years on a surfboard. It became a full-throated obsession during my senior year when the school test-drove a new program called “Self-Imposed Scheduling.” If you were in...