Geologists search for fossil fuels, but this doesn’t make them climate change deniers.
Geosphere
Discussions of the geosphere
Cows Belch Methane, So Does the Earth
Methane craters – extremely weird
Flatland Junction
The town of Flatland Junction becomes Flatland Lake.
Disaster at Damon Point
A magnitude nine quake will generate a 60 foot tsunami, inundating the Washington coast
How cold can it get?
Climate change is happening and the change is human-made. We should stop debating the facts and move on to debating the solutions
A billion years of missing oxygen
Oxygen was disappearing from the atmosphere for a billion years, Why?
Bridge of the Gods
A catastrophic landslide created a dam across the Columbia River in 1450.
Exploring for oil, a risky business
Exploring for oil is like engaging in the ultimate solve-a-mystery game.
Shale oil companies – Victims of their own success
Supply and demand made the shale oil industry the architect of its own demise.
An oxygen tug-of-war between biology and geology
Earth’s oxygen atmosphere was delayed for a billion years by volcanic gases.