This category contains works classifiable under the subject area of geology.
In his new book “Black Gold; The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal,” Prof. Bob Wyss presents a detailed and multi-faceted narrative history of the industry that includes the effects it has had upon American society, organized labor, governmental policy, and U.S. natural resource management.
Once a very unusual type of battery, lithium cells in their many different forms have become more than just common, they have become essential to technology-dependent societies in such ubiquitous devices as mobile phones and electric motor vehicles. And therein lies the problem.
When it comes to geology, I have long had what you might call “a bit of block.” For years I’ve tried to find the proper lever to shift that block out of my way in order to allow me to progress in my understanding – and enjoyment – of the subject, but nothing has quite […]
When taking up Jan Zalasiewicz’ and Mark Williams’ Ocean Worlds; The Story of Seas on Earth and Other Planets be prepared to go deep – deep into the oceans, deep into the Earth, deep into space, and even deep into time itself. For as the authors make very clear, an understanding of the Earth’s oceans […]