Some young people climbed up to the crater earlier this week. Don Goyo did not kill them. Of course I’m not going to link to
Author: BJ Deming
After getting an associate's degree in forestry, I studied geology as an undergraduate back in the 1980s but went into medical transcription instead. It just worked out better for me.
The Internet renewed my interest in geoscience as a hobby, and when I retired in 2014, I decided to write a book about cat evolution. That started a new career for me (enormous fun but not self-supporting yet).
Right now, besides blogging I am finishing up the first two books in a self-published ebook series about the cat family and its history.
Thanks for your interest!
The Campania Plain, Part 5: Neapolitan Volcano Hazards
Campania has good reason to be proud of its volcanoes: Asleep, these beautiful but strange mountains draw tourists and also serve as ground water aquifers
Guest Video: Hayabusa Touches Down
Here’s an extra Solar System Saturday video. I didn’t know they’d released a video of the craft’s touchdown! (Original blog post with updates; JAXA mission
Guest Video: Opportunity’s Last Panorama of Mars
Hat tip to Phoenix Pics for this NASA has an interactive version of this PanCam image online, too. Featured image: NASA, via the USGS
Guest Video: Running Cats
As we’ll see next week, mountain lions –largest native cats in North America — are somewhat more closely related to cheetahs than to most other
Guest Video: The Subtropical Forest
Imagine a primitive cat, say, Proailrus or Styriofelis, in those woods! The following video is very nice, but I’m interested in this biome because, per
