Taxonomy term

Voices

Comment: National Geological Surveys: The past, present and future

The oldest national geological survey (Britain’s) is 183 years old; the youngest (China’s) is 19. Yet all the surveys share commonalities. A symposium last June in Vancouver, British Columbia, examined where surveys have been and where they’re going.

06 Dec 2018

Comment: Learning "Minecraft" as a forty-something proves the game can be an educational tool for all ages

When an energy researcher’s work becomes the basis for a “Minecraft Education” module, he decides to learn to play the popular video game, and turns to an expert, his 12-yearold son, for lessons. 
06 Dec 2018

Geologic Column: A cautionary tale about "sleeping" natural hazards

The author ruminates on the sometimes underappreciated risks of natural hazards and recalls a trip to a remote Hawaiian campsite where a 1975 magnitude-7.7 quake later proved fatal.
12 Nov 2018

Comment: Making social media work for scientists

Social media platforms offer scientists simple and inexpensive ways to communicate with the public. Here’s how to start sharing your science online.

07 Nov 2018

Geologic Column: Bone up on your spooky geo-vocabulary this Halloween

This list will help you summon an appreciation for the fiendish creativity and ghoulish humor that’s gone into earth science’s vast lexicon. 
17 Oct 2018

Comment: Why is it so hard to teach climate change?

Someday, today’s young people may amass enough momentum to take action on climate change, but will they have the knowledge to do so?
01 Oct 2018

Geologic Column: "Collect Rocks Day" offers opportunity for inspiration

Introduce someone to rock collecting on Sept. 16: National Collect Rocks Day. 

16 Sep 2018

Comment: Out of bounds: Rethinking U.S. flood risk delineation

The 100-year floodplain — the area of land projected to be covered by water during a flood event that has a 1 percent chance of occurring in any given year — has become the primary mechanism for determining flood insurance premiums and conveying flood risk, but perhaps it shouldn’t be.

04 Sep 2018

Comment: Leveraging physical oceanography in exoplanet exploration

Some exoplanets may host oceans, which are key to life on Earth. It’s time for astronomers who assess the potential habitability of other worlds to tap oceanographers’ knowledge of our own planet’s oceans.
03 Aug 2018

Geologic Column: The raw and the cooked

A humorous take on some paleoanthropological aspects of fire.

23 Jul 2018

Pages