Rescue operations to free 12 boys together with their soccer coach from the Tham Luang cave in Thailand are underway but could take days to complete. The geology of the region plays a role in both
The new Netflix action thriller film "How it Ends" imagines how a sudden collapse could happen in the modern U.S., likely triggered by a mysterious geological apocalypse🌋
Devils Tower in Wyoming is surrounded by myths and mysteries. To the Sioux people, this site was sacred and some of their stories tell how this mountain formed: A long time ago a giant bear chased a
July 30, 1920, birthday of Marie Tharp, The Woman Who Discovered The Backbone Of Earth. She was among the first women to get a degree and work as professional geologist in the US. Later she worked
The Thermopylae, the hot gates or also gates of fire, is a mountain pass at the foot of Mount Kallidromo in modern Greece where legend tells that King Leonidas and 300 of his Spartan warriors
In Genoa, part of the important A10-highway bridge 'Polcevera' (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.4253334,8.8862351,1053m/data=!3m1!1e3) (locally known as 'Morandi', so named after the engineer who
German mineralogist Abraham Gottlob Werner was born in 1749 in Wehrau, at the time a city in the Prussian kingdom. Werner was educated at Freiberg and Leipzig, where he studied law and mining. In
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no
I'm giving away a bunch of books as I need the space and also facing some money issues , voluntary contribution if not specified otherwise, mailing is possible if recipient covers costs of package
I'm giving away a bunch of books as I need the space and also facing some money issues , voluntary contribution if not specified otherwise, mailing is possible if recipient covers costs of package
I'm giving away a bunch of books (here (http://historyofgeology.fieldofscience.com/2018/09/books-giveaway.html) and here (http://historyofgeology.fieldofscience.com/2018/10/books-giveaway-ii.html))
February 20, 1949 Mrs. Henrietta Helen Olivia Roberts Durand-Deacon, a wealthy widow, disappeared from the Onslow Court Hotel located in South Kensington, London. The police interviewed the residents
Strange as it may seem, also high in the mountains there is a tsunami risk. In the Alps, various event can trigger a tsunami, like earthquakes, landslides or glacial lake outbursts. The 1806
The war in Europe began as a battle between infantry and cavalry, like in old times, and was believed to be quickly over. However, new weapons, like the machine-gun or heavy artillery, made direct
Already during the first World War (https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2018/11/11/how-wwi-bombs-shattered-bedrock-and-changed-geological-history/#4c1d15ad3a31) the Germans established a
When, in 1631, Vesuvius erupted violently after having been dormant for more than 300 years, it aroused great interest among Europe's elite. German Jesuit and naturalist Athanasius Kircher traveled
In the 19th century, the discrepancy between the age of Earth and the age of the cosmos posed a great problem to scientists. Geologists had calculated, using methods like erosion or sedimentation
“I collected every plant, which I could see in flower, & as it was the flowering season I hope my collection may be of some interest to you." - Charles Darwin in a letter to his friend and mentor
The first purported photo of Nessie was published in The Daily Mail" on April 21, 1934. The image, taken by a London surgeon named Kenneth Wilson, was touted for decades as the best evidence for
The Scottish Maria Matilda Ogilvie Gordon (1864-1939), or May as she was called, was the oldest daughter of a pastoral family composed of eight children, five boys and three girls. Maria Ogilvie