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Firebird
Her carbon footprint depends a lot on how childish we want to be. Firebird is a superhero in the Marvel Universe who can conjure fire all around her and create fire tornadoes that allow her to briefly...
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Batman
Batman’s carbon footprint is enormous. In terms of greenhouse gas emissions, he’d be way better off using his money to pay for carbon offsets, rather than spending it on expensive gadgets. Batman is a...
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The Carbon Footprint of Superheroes
In the pursuit of justice, Superman leaps tall buildings in a single bound. Ironman invents and deploys inconceivable technology to defeat evil forces. And Batman outfits himself with everything a...
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What caused the Doom of Valyria: A geological analysis
They say the Doom still rules Valyria. The maesters tell us of a city destroyed, of mountains exploding, and of ash clouding the skies. The geologists tell us of something much more terrifying....
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Game of Thrones: The Speed of Wight
The white walkers are coming. The next season of Game of Thrones will see the Night King battle the army of the living in Westeros. Using geography and a little science know-how we can figure out how...
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Cassini Remembered in Cartoons
The Cassini satellite recently finished her mission after 20 years flying through space and 13 years orbiting Saturn and her moons. It was a spectacular mission that gave us mind-bending discoveries,...
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The movies that broke Rotten Tomatoes
The popular film review site, Rotten Tomatoes, gives its users two different scores to help them determine the quality of a movie. There’s the Tomatometer score, which tells us what percent of critics...
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Visit me at AGU this year!
This year, I will be co-convening a session at the American Geophysical Union’s annual Fall Meeting in New Orleans! The session is titled “Science and Sci-Fi: Using Real Science to Explore Fictional...
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The many stages of being a geoscientist in film
The geological timetable is to a geologist what the periodic table is to a physicist/chemist; it is the fundamental document by which we understand our world. Film is to a geologist what whiskey is to...
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