Earthly Musings - My Travel and Geology Blog

You might think that this question would be hard to answer. But thanks to the folks at the United States Geological Survey (USGS), we have a...

On Tuesday this week, May 29, 2012, the 2nd warmest temperature ever measured on the island of Greenland was recorded. The thermometer hit 7...

With the excitement of the  annular solar eclipse now receding into the past, we are getting ready for the transit of Venus on June 5, an ev...

This past weekend was Member's Gathering for the Grand Canyon Association and 142 members from around the country showed up to show thei...

How often have you been out and about in the great Southwest and wished you could understand geology just a little bit better? The deep time...

Jim Kirkland is Utah's state paleontologist. He and I attended Northern Arizona University together in the 1980's and we occasionall...

I was leading a trip up in the Escalante Canyon region of Utah during the week of April 16. Many members of our group contributed photograph...