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Monday, December 24, 2007

Alumni celebration

Faculty of Science Alumni
The Faculty of Science seized the ‘spirit of why not’ by acknowledging the remarkable achievements of its own alumni from the past 50 years. The Distinguished Alumni award will be an annual honour bestowed upon a science alumnus who has made significant career contributions to his/her field. Also chosen to honour are 50 outstanding alumni who have themselves proven their merit to their peers and community.
Monday, December 24, 2007

Things that go bump in the night

As Earth scientists we are aware that objects (sometimes really big objects) have impacted Earth in the past.
Monday, December 24, 2007

Kenton's Rock

Fran Haidl and Peter Russell
Figure 1: Kenton’s Rock in the Peter Russell Rock Garden

Figure 1: Kenton’s Rock in the Peter Russell Rock Garden 

Monday, December 24, 2007

A volcano of a different kind

Alan V. Morgan

Strange and catastrophic events take place on our world on a regular and ongoing basis. Most of these are events, especially the larger ones, are “natural phenomena” caused by the shudders and burps of our planet, but sometimes these catastrophes are triggered by human activity.  

Monday, December 24, 2007

International Year of Planet Earth 2007-2009

Introduction 

The idea of an International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) was launched in 2000 at an IUGS Council meeting. Proclamation of an International Year was seen as a potentially powerful means of demonstrating how society could benefit from the accumulated knowledge of the solid Earth as part of System Earth.  Support was provided by UNESCO’s Earth Science Division, making it a joint initiative by IUGS and UNESCO.
Monday, December 24, 2007

Mineral Two on Moh's Scale (or) some really big Selenite Crystals

I trust that most people noticed the spectacular image on the inside cover of this issue of Wat On Earth. I must admit that when I received this photograph together with several others about a year ago from a friend in the United States my initial reaction was … “Well, someone has been busy with Photoshop!” However, a little checking on the web revealed that these are genuine photographs and they tell a very unusual tale of an interesting locality in Mexico. 
Now I (like many of you) have found individual selenite crystals before.