Turn off your phone and go climbing.
The strum of the Spanish classical guitar blared from my truck’s speakers as we drove down the highway towards El Paso. Kilian, Li, and I pulled into the unpaved parking […]
Subduction in the Western Mediterranean!
The Betic Cordillera of southern Spain was formed by the slow convergence between Earth’s Eurasian and African plates since Mesozoic time, about 70 million years ago. The range is more […]
Fear and Polar Bears
I woke up to the sound of Tim’s hushed voice. “Kory…did you hear that?” My brain was sluggish and my vision blurry at 4am. I poked my head out of […]
Are your rocks better than average?
[Note: read previous articles about this project for important background details if you haven’t already.] A dry, desert wash can turn into a raging river within minutes. We are mostly […]
Hunting Waterfalls on Kohala
[NOTE: Read earlier posts about this project before reading this one, if you have not already: Hawaiian Landscape Evolution, From the Edge of the Rain Shadow, and Lasers, Drills, and […]
Lasers, Drills, and Ukuleles
[NOTE: If you have not read the two previous posts: Hawaiian Landscape Evolution or From the Edge of the Rain Shadow, read them before reading this post!] I’m sitting down […]
From the Edge of the Rain Shadow
This post is an update on the Hawaiian Landscape Evolution project. Read the previous post if first if you haven’t already, otherwise this one might not make sense. The difference […]
Hawaiian Landscape Evolution
I’ve been back in Austin for a few days now, readjusting to life in the states. I’m working on processing my rock samples for my own research before I leave […]
Barcelona Views
I’m sitting at my house in Austin, relaxing after a journey home that was extended to 34 hours by flight cancellations and reroutings. I enjoyed the delay because I met […]
10 reasons you should be a geologist “when you grow up”
Don’t know what to do with your life? Do some geology. 10. Life is short, so you might as well do something interesting with it. 9. You will always have […]
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