Geophysics Yesterday and Today

Posted on December 15, 2011 by rberkowitz

493163495To celebrate the 2011 December AGU meeting, Rachel Berkowitz takes a look at the first paper published in Journal of Geophysical Research.  Read more at Physics Today…

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It’s Becoming a Smaller World, After All

Posted on December 12, 2011 by rberkowitz

3606250769Climate change may cause both animal and plant species to shrink in size, which in turn could impact soil productivity.  Read more at Physics Today…

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Keepers of the Wind in the Pacific Northwest

Posted on December 6, 2011 by rberkowitz

3088783077By taking advantage of some unusual geological formations, scientists in Washington and Oregon are finding ways to make wind energy viable.  Read more at Physics Today…

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Kandersteg: An Epic Poem

Posted on October 10, 2011 by rberkowitz

IMG_0323A poetic recount of ice climbing in Switzerland. Read the poem which was printed in Cambridge Mountaineering…

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A Sustainable House in Tlemcen, Algeria

Posted on September 22, 2011 by rberkowitz

3270720907A team from Abou-Bekr Belkaid University in Algeria has designed an environmentally friendly house that is cheap to build, cool, and heat.  Read more at Physics Today…

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Discontinuity under the Aloha State

Posted on July 20, 2011 by rberkowitz

1184564164An advanced seismic imaging technique has provided a more detailed picture of mantle structure beneath the Hawaii islands, but it hasn’t resolved how the islands formed.  Read more at Physics Today…

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Io’s Magma Ocean Provides a View into Earth’s Past

Posted on June 29, 2011 by rberkowitz

2249219356Magnetic field data collected by NASA’s Galileo contains evidence of the magma sea.  Read more at Physics Today…

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EGU 2011: Geodetic and Inundation Models of the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami

Posted on May 23, 2011 by rberkowitz

PT.4.0317.online.f1At the European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna, Don Dingwell, the EGU president, introduced the session on the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake as the geoscientific community’s way of paying respect and expressing condolences to the victims of March’s seismic events.  Read more at Physics Today…

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EGU 2011: An Outdoor Volcano Laboratory: Lots of Questions and a few Answers

Posted on April 28, 2011 by rberkowitz

PT.4.0317.online.f1The wealth of data on Stromboli, past and present, provided ample material for a discussion at the general assembly of the European Geosciences Union, which was held earlier this month in Vienna.  Read more at Physics Today…

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Finding a Niche in Food and Health Research

Posted on April 22, 2011 by rberkowitz

20110422RBerkowitzHealth_FoodResearch_TopPic_160x160Employment of agricultural and food scientists is expected to rise over the next decade, modestly but significantly.  Read more at Science Careers…

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