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  • Delays in Dhaka

    Delays in Dhaka

    I am back in Bangladesh for a new project examining the balance between sea level rise, land subsidence and sedimentation. We will be installing, repairing or upgrading equipment to measure changes to the landscape.

  • Photo Essay: On an Island, a Lost Part of the World Is Found

    Photo Essay: On an Island, a Lost Part of the World Is Found

    On the volcanic Indian Ocean island of Anjouan, scientists are investigating a rock that apparently formed on a far-off continent.

  • On a Remote Island, a Lost Part of the World Is Found

    On a Remote Island, a Lost Part of the World Is Found

    On a small volcanic island in the Indian Ocean lies a geologic enigma—a mass of pure white quartzite sandstone apparently formed on a faraway continent long ago. How did it get there?

  • The Truly Serious Side of Roadkill

    The Truly Serious Side of Roadkill

    A new film how India’s fast-expanding road networks is fragmenting the few remaining refuges of many endangered creatures. The results are hard to watch.

  • Renewable Energy: What’s True, What’s False

    Renewable Energy: What’s True, What’s False

    A short, handy new guide from the Earth Institute cuts through the noise about renewable energy to lay out the facts about this politically charged subject.

  • End of Our Fieldwork and Mandalay Hill

    End of Our Fieldwork and Mandalay Hill

    I had one last day installing seismometers with the team, then left for Mandalay. After a breakfast with colleagues, I had a free day to explore Mandalay Hill.

  • I Switch to Installing Seismometers

    I Switch to Installing Seismometers

    With the GPS done, I joined the seismologists installing 32 stations in Myanmar. We finished the preparations and then headed out to the field in three teams.

  • From Catholic Churches to Buddhist Monasteries, the Work Continued

    From Catholic Churches to Buddhist Monasteries, the Work Continued

    On the way back to Kale, we stopped at a Catholic church where one of the seismometers will be deployed.

  • Our Next Sets of GPS in Kalewa and Tedim

    Our Next Sets of GPS in Kalewa and Tedim

    To get to Kalewa we followed the Myittha River past the Kabaw Fault to the site with view of a monastery. Tedim is a long and windy drive through the mountainous Chin Hills.

  • Delays in Dhaka

    Delays in Dhaka

    I am back in Bangladesh for a new project examining the balance between sea level rise, land subsidence and sedimentation. We will be installing, repairing or upgrading equipment to measure changes to the landscape.

  • Photo Essay: On an Island, a Lost Part of the World Is Found

    Photo Essay: On an Island, a Lost Part of the World Is Found

    On the volcanic Indian Ocean island of Anjouan, scientists are investigating a rock that apparently formed on a far-off continent.

  • On a Remote Island, a Lost Part of the World Is Found

    On a Remote Island, a Lost Part of the World Is Found

    On a small volcanic island in the Indian Ocean lies a geologic enigma—a mass of pure white quartzite sandstone apparently formed on a faraway continent long ago. How did it get there?

  • The Truly Serious Side of Roadkill

    The Truly Serious Side of Roadkill

    A new film how India’s fast-expanding road networks is fragmenting the few remaining refuges of many endangered creatures. The results are hard to watch.

  • Renewable Energy: What’s True, What’s False

    Renewable Energy: What’s True, What’s False

    A short, handy new guide from the Earth Institute cuts through the noise about renewable energy to lay out the facts about this politically charged subject.

  • End of Our Fieldwork and Mandalay Hill

    End of Our Fieldwork and Mandalay Hill

    I had one last day installing seismometers with the team, then left for Mandalay. After a breakfast with colleagues, I had a free day to explore Mandalay Hill.

  • I Switch to Installing Seismometers

    I Switch to Installing Seismometers

    With the GPS done, I joined the seismologists installing 32 stations in Myanmar. We finished the preparations and then headed out to the field in three teams.

  • From Catholic Churches to Buddhist Monasteries, the Work Continued

    From Catholic Churches to Buddhist Monasteries, the Work Continued

    On the way back to Kale, we stopped at a Catholic church where one of the seismometers will be deployed.

  • Our Next Sets of GPS in Kalewa and Tedim

    Our Next Sets of GPS in Kalewa and Tedim

    To get to Kalewa we followed the Myittha River past the Kabaw Fault to the site with view of a monastery. Tedim is a long and windy drive through the mountainous Chin Hills.