Retired blogs

EGU Guest blogger March 14, 2016

The Impacts of Climate Change on Global Groundwater Resources (Part 4 of 4)

Christopher Barry is a doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham. He has written for the GfGD Blog in the past – detailing his contribution to water projects in Burkina Faso and fundraising efforts to support such work. We have recently added a briefing note to our website, written by Christopher, describing the role of climate change on global groundwater resources. You can access ...[Read More]

GfGD

Geology for Global Development

The Impacts of Climate Change on Global Groundwater Resources (Part 3 of 4)

EGU Guest blogger March 9, 2016

Christopher Barry is a doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham. He has written for the GfGD Blog in the past – detailing his contribution to water projects in Burkina Faso and fundraising efforts to support such work. We have recently added a briefing note to our website, written by Christopher, describing the role of climate change on global groundwater resources. You can access ...[Read More]

GeoSphere

Photo of the Week #51

Matt Herod March 7, 2016

I’m getting back in the bog saddle. After a brief hiatus as I was adjusting to the life of a real, productive member of the PGS (post grad school) world I am good to go for blogging again. Enjoy the photo of the week! The text that follows is a technical description of the photo by the photographer, Dmitry Tonkacheev. Presented intergrowths of the infinite number of dark-brown sphaleriteR ...[Read More]

GfGD

Geology for Global Development

The Impacts of Climate Change on Global Groundwater Resources (Part 2 of 4)

EGU Guest blogger March 7, 2016

Christopher Barry is a doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham. He has written for the GfGD Blog in the past – detailing his contribution to water projects in Burkina Faso and fundraising efforts to support such work. We have recently added a briefing note to our website, written by Christopher, describing the role of climate change on global groundwater resources. You can access ...[Read More]

GfGD

Geology for Global Development

The Impacts of Climate Change on Global Groundwater Resources (Part 1 of 4)

EGU Guest blogger March 2, 2016

Christopher Barry is a doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham. He has written for the GfGD Blog in the past – detailing his contribution to water projects in Burkina Faso and fundraising efforts to support such work. We have recently added a briefing note to our website, written by Christopher, describing the role of climate change on global groundwater resources. You can access ...[Read More]

WaterUnderground

Tracking the Fallout and Fate of Fukushima Iodine-129 in Rain and Groundwater

Matt Herod 1st March 2016

This post is written by Matt Herod, and reposted here with permission… A recently published paper (by myself and colleagues from uOttawa and Environment Canada) investigates the environmental fate of the long lived radioisotope of iodine, 129I, which was released by the Fukushima-Daichii Nuclear Accident (FDNA). Within 6 days of the FDNA 129I concentrations in Vancouver precipitation increas ...[Read More]

PalaeoBlog

Green Tea and Velociraptors

Why I think the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary is super important

Jon Tennant February 26, 2016

This was originally posted here. Mass extinctions are insanely catastrophic, but important, events that punctuate the history of life on Earth. The Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary, around 145 million years ago, was originally thought of to represent a mass extinction, but has subsequently been ‘down-graded’ to a minor extinction event based on new discoveries. However, compared to other i ...[Read More]

WaterUnderground

It’s out of the park! Comparing some of the water threats in America…

Tom Gleeson 9th February 2016

This is cool! a video is from Owen Miles’ watermurica blog

GfGD

Geology for Global Development

Guest Blog: Exploring the Sustainable Development Goals at the University of Tübingen (Germany)

EGU Guest blogger February 8, 2016

Solmaz Mohadjer and Sebastian Mutz, University of Tübingen researchers, recently designed and facilitated a seminar on the topic of Geology and the Sustainable Development Goals. Below, they share some results from their pilot implementation at the University of Tübingen, Germany. There is an African proverb that says “if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” The road ...[Read More]

WaterUnderground

Nature Geoscience digging into water underground this month!

Tom Gleeson 4th February 2016

Nature Geoscience is digging hard into water underground – the February issue is part of a special focus on groundwater. The cover this month is a gorgeous (groundwater-filled?) waterfall by Glen Jasechko, Scott’s brother. The groundwater focus includes: commentary on drought in the Anthropocene, led by Anne van Loon news and views pieces by Ying Fan and Tamara Goldin our paper on the ...[Read More]