A Guide to the Earth for the Layperson
We’ve spent a couple recent posts discussing geologic time and the two methods earth scientists use to describe and measure it. We started with a general introduction to earthtime and absolute age dating (Intro...
This one will be short, but no less important for its brevity. Whether we’re concerned with climate, economics, or social unrest, it seems that many in our country are making a concerted effort to...
If you managed to plow through my latest post on Absolute Age Dating (Intro to Geologic Time), you probably muttered something like “This sounds too much like real science to be any fun at...
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...
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...
…or in this case senior citizens. Don’t get me wrong here, or read anything into this post other that the reality that I always appreciate a clever turn of phrase. Please note that this...
The year was 1969, and my buddy and I — a pair of newly-minted high school graduates, full of juice and looking for a bit of excitement — decided to head to the Mojave...
This is a follow-up to earlier posts regarding the toxicity of lead, and is in response to an 8 July 2025 article on the Associated Press website titled “A Kindergarten in China Added Lead...
There have been a flood of articles over the past couple days with the same overarching message: the climate crisis is irreversible and we have already moved beyond the threshold we’d need to stay...
This one will be real short (busy day, busy life). Saw an interesting article from the N. Y. Times this morning titled “States and Cities Fear a Disaster Season Full of Unknowns Amid Federal...
Arid Lands / Climate / Climate Change / Earth Materials / Earthtime / Energy / Environmental / Hydrosphere / Marker Bed
Desalination (and political suicide?)
April 5, 2026
