Geology and Civilization
Where geology meets the larger culture of everyday life.
Earth Day? How About Earth Life?
Looking beyond Earth Day to the program humanity really needs.
Looking beyond Earth Day to the program humanity really needs.
Carbon Sequestration
Putting greenhouse gases into the ground is a promising technology.
Putting greenhouse gases into the ground is a promising technology.
Why You Should Vote for Geologists
The best person for the job may well be a geologist.
The best person for the job may well be a geologist.
Geologic Gift Ideas
A few suggestions for something to get your favorite geologist.
A few suggestions for something to get your favorite geologist.
A Better Kind of Earth Day
Why not give Earth Day some geo-cultural backbone?
Why not give Earth Day some geo-cultural backbone?
Geology and Society Picture Gallery
A set of annotated pictures touching on the intersection of geology and ordinary life.
A set of annotated pictures touching on the intersection of geology and ordinary life.
Geology Polls
A half-dozen short polls awaiting your votes.
A half-dozen short polls awaiting your votes.
The Seismic Test Ban System
A network of seismic ears is ready to enforce nuclear peace.
A network of seismic ears is ready to enforce nuclear peace.
Getting Down to Earth Day
Earth Day should look forward in ignorance, not back in certainty.
Earth Day should look forward in ignorance, not back in certainty.
The Gold Rushes
California's was not the first nor the last.
California's was not the first nor the last.
The Bre-X Gold Scandal
First there is a gold mountain, then there is no mountain.
First there is a gold mountain, then there is no mountain.
Geology of the Delphic Oracle
How the oracle worked was not a secret: She sat in a small underground room, breathing vapors from the ground.
How the oracle worked was not a secret: She sat in a small underground room, breathing vapors from the ground.
Earth Mysteries
Geology shares the world with the visions of human nature.
Geology shares the world with the visions of human nature.
Toward Climateering
The answers we find about climate change today will govern not how we steer the clouds, but how we steer ourselves.
The answers we find about climate change today will govern not how we steer the clouds, but how we steer ourselves.
The Tin Men: Miners of Cornwall
If there ever was one, the Cornish folk are a people of the Earth.
If there ever was one, the Cornish folk are a people of the Earth.
The Anthropocene Age
Humans have become a geologic agent comparable to erosion and eruptions.
Humans have become a geologic agent comparable to erosion and eruptions.
Famous Stones
Plymouth Rock, the Blarney Stone, and other boulders that have hit the big time.
Plymouth Rock, the Blarney Stone, and other boulders that have hit the big time.
Preserving Geologic Heritage
Should we treat geological treasures like endangered species? A growing movement says yes.
Should we treat geological treasures like endangered species? A growing movement says yes.
Touring the Earth
A great thing about geology is that wherever you go, there the Earth is. Hundreds of vacations are possible for the geology enthusiast.
A great thing about geology is that wherever you go, there the Earth is. Hundreds of vacations are possible for the geology enthusiast.
Going All the Way
The point of a geo-safari is to bring back not a trophy, but knowledge to use at home.
The point of a geo-safari is to bring back not a trophy, but knowledge to use at home.