Geology Blogs

A brief list of blogs centered around Earth, Geology, and the Environment

Please note that the following links will take you to web pages that are not part of, or affiliated with Santa Monica College or myself.
Contents, links, and quality are subject to change at any time.

Geology and Geophysics
- Clastic Detritus is a blog on geology written by Brian Romans, a research geologist
- Geotripper offers news and views from the Geologic Realm and is written by Garry Hayes, a teacher of geology at Modesto Junior College, in California
Paleontology, Evolutionary Biology, Ecology
- The Wild Side was a blog kept on the New York Times by Olivia Judson, an evolutionary biologist, on science and modern life. She stopped writing for the newspaper, but her articles have been kept on line so far, and are worth reading.
- Specimens is a series that examines the search for life -- not wishful thinking about extraterrestrials, but the myriad strange life forms with which we share this planet. It looks beyond Darwin's accomplishments to find a number of colorful characters whose discoveries of new species have transformed our lives in ways we scarcely recognize. The writer is Richard Conniff, author of The Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools, and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth.
Environmental Sciences, Climate Change
- Dot Earth is a blog about climate change, the environment and sustainability by The New York Times's reporter Andrew C. Revkin.
General Science in relation to the Earth Sciences
- The Great Beyond is a blog that gathers science news from around the world. It is hosted by Nature.
- Scientist at Work is a great blog where various authors describe their activity in the field and in the lab. It is hosted by the New York Times.
Geography (in general)
- New Geography: economic, demographic, and political commentary about places.