News article well worth a read. Might make us all interested in unconsolidated sediments and strand-lines of sand suspiciously far inland...

Nasty one, big 7 meter tsunami as well, mostly hit Miyagi Prefecture near Sendai, north of Tokyo. Here's a video of the tsunami. Note the scale of the objects in the debris flow as it moves inland.

Just some cool photos of volanco/sulfur a friend passed along to me, though some might enjoy :)

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/12/kawah_ijen_by_night.html

http://www.funzug.com/index.php/nature/amazing-sight-in-the-south-pacific.htmlRead more... )

I am new here and I am a geology major. Just started and loving it. The Geologic Time Scale is a pain to remember! Anyway! I wanted to post this here for you all because it is really cute.

http://www.naturestapestry.com/soaprocks.html

Soap rocks. I saw them in New

I go to City College of New York and needless to say there are very few courses in agriculture. I am a geology major and part of what I am interested in in the intersection between hydrogeology and agriculture. Most specifically irrigation. So I was thinking about possibly working on a farm for a summer through WWOOF or some other agency in ( Read more... )

Apparent fossils in the Ediacaran Dated at 650Ma

THE oldest known animal life on Earth has been discovered in Australia, pushing back its origins by about 90 million years, research has suggested ( Read more... )

This thing appeared after TS Agatha went through Guatemala.


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The news is pretty depressing these days, so here's an instant classic from the Onion to lighten the mood. :)

Geologist says, "We may be running out of rocks."

Does anyone know a good place in NYC to get the Hazwopper certification? If not I saw a lot of places online that offer them. Are those any good? Thank you.