Everyone thought Arizona and New Mexico would be forever safe from earthquakes, volcanoes, and shifting water tables. Only, they aren't.

Garry Hayes posted a magnificent blog series that included many places I could only dream of visiting.

He studies plate movements and magnetism within the rocks. He studies plate tectonics, and natural hazards as they have occurred over thous

I've read various blogs about her studies into volcanoes and pyroclastic flows. Pyroclastic flows are deadly, like in Pompeii.

Hopefully, I can make others feel they can study and contribute to the future of scientific knowledge.

These books, especially the last one, portray life during specific events. These aspects may not be pretty. They bring out the little poin

Giuseppe Mercalli combined earthquake intensity scales to develop his own that came to be known as the Mercalli Scale. Later, Charles F Ric